Rhesus

Euripides

Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Translated into English Prose from the Text of Paley. Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906.

  1. volunteers to go and spy on the Argive fleet? Who will be that patriot? Who says yes? I myself cannot at every point serve my country and my friends in arms.
Dolon
  1. I for my country will gladly run this risk
  2. and go to spy on the Argive fleet, and when I have learned fully all that the Achaeans plot I will return. I undertake this toil on these conditions.
Hector
  1. True to his name indeed, his country’s friend is Dolon. Your father’s house was famed before,
  2. but now you have made it doubly so.
Dolon
  1. So must I toil, but for my pains I should receive fitting wages. For set a reward on any deed, and it breeds a double favor.
Hector
  1. Yes, that is fair; I cannot dispute it.
  2. Name your wage, except for my sovereignty.
Dolon
  1. I do not covet your toilsome sovereignty.
Hector
  1. Well then, marry a daughter of Priam and become my brother-in-law.
Dolon
  1. No, I do not wish to marry among those beyond my station.
Hector
  1. There’s gold, if this you’ll claim as your prize.
Dolon
  1. I have it in my home; I lack no sustenance.
Hector
  1. What then is your desire of all that Ilium stores within her?