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. How, seeing that they will not allow me to remain alive?
Menelaus
  1. What is their method? Can you tell me plainly?
Orestes
  1. A vote will be taken against us today.
Menelaus
  1. To leave the city? Or to die, or not to die?
Orestes
  1. Death by stoning at the hands of the citizens.
Menelaus
  1. Then why not cross the border and try to escape?
Orestes
  1. Because we are encircled by men fully armed.
Menelaus
  1. Private foes or Argive troops?