Orestes

Euripides

Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Translated into English Prose from the Text of Paley. Vol. II. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1891.

  1. Now you are not a liar!
Menelaus
  1. Ah me! what shall I do?
Orestes
  1. Go to the Argives and persuade them—
Menelaus
  1. Persuade them what?
Orestes
  1. Not to kill us; entreat the city.
Menelaus
  1. Or you will slay my child?
Orestes
  1. That is correct.
Menelaus
  1. O wretched Helen—