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. And guide me to my father’s tomb.
Pylades
  1. For what purpose?
Orestes
  1. That I may appeal to him to save me.
Pylades
  1. Yes, that is the proper way.
Orestes
  1. May I not see my mother’s grave!
Pylades
  1. No; she was an enemy. But hasten, so that the vote of Argos may not catch you first,
  2. supporting those limbs, slow from sickness, on mine; for I will carry you through the town, thinking little of the mob and unashamed. For how shall I prove my friendship, if not by helping you in sore distress?
Orestes
  1. Ah! the old saying again, get friends, not relations only.