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.
- No, for he was not born a warrior, though strong among women!
- Your case is desperate, it seems, and you must die.
- The citizens must give their vote about us on the murder.
- And what is that to decide? Tell me, for I am alarmed.
- Our life or death; a brief speech on a large subject.
- Leave the palace with your sister now and try to escape.
- Don’t you see? We are being watched by guards on every side.
- I saw that the streets of the city were secured with armed men.
- We are as closely beleaguered as a city by its foes.
- Ask me now of my state; for I too am ruined.
- By whom? This would be a further trouble to add to mine.
- Strophius, my father, in a fit of anger, has banished me from his house.
- Bringing against you a private charge, or one in which the citizens share?
- He says it is an unholy crime to have helped you slay your mother.
- Alas! It seems my troubles will cause you grief as well.
- I am not like Menelaus in character; this must be endured.
- Are you not afraid that Argos will desire your death as well as mine?
- I am not theirs to punish; I belong to Phocis.
- A terrible thing is the mob, whenever it has villains to lead it.
- But with honest leaders its counsels are always honest.