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.
- I do not know; I am very suspicious.
- If you fear this, be sure there’s nothing you would not fear.
- Never before did the enemy kindle such a blaze.
- No, nor ever before did they suffer such shameful defeat and rout.
- This you have achieved; look now to what remains to do.
- A simple tale, to arm against the enemy.
- Look! Here comes Aeneas, in great haste too, with news to tell his friends.
- Hector, why have the sentinels in terror made their way through the army at night to your couch to hold a midnight conclave and disturb the army?
- Encase yourself in your armor, Aeneas.
- What is it? Have tidings come of some secret stratagem set on foot during the night by the foe?
- The men are flying, and going aboard their ships.
- What sure proof can you give of this?
- The whole night they are kindling blazing torches; I think they will not wait for tomorrow, but after lighting brands upon their ships’ decks will leave this land and fly to their homes.
- And you, why do you gird on your sword?