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. Pylades who shared with me the bloody deed, my mother’s murder.
Menelaus
  1. You are sick from phantom shapes; what sort?
Orestes
  1. I seemed to see three maidens, black as night.
Menelaus
  1. I know whom you mean, but I do not want to name them.
Orestes
  1. Yes, for they are revered; you were well-informed, to avoid naming them.
Menelaus
  1. Are these the ones that drive you to frenzy, with the curse of kindred blood?
Orestes
  1. Oh! the torment I endure from their pursuit!
Menelaus
  1. It is not strange, if those who have done dreadful things should suffer them.