Rhesus

Euripides

Euripides. The Rhesus of Euripides. Translated into English rhyming verse with explanatory notes by Gilbert Murray. Murray, Gilbert, translator. London: George Allen and Company, Ltd., 1913.

  1. Poseidon, rider of the wild sea-drift,
  2. Tamed them, men say, and gave them for his gift
  3. To Peleus.—None the less, since I have stirred
  4. Hopes, I will baulk them not. I pledge my word,
  5. Achilles’ steeds, a rare prize, shall be thine.
DOLON.
  1. I thank thee.—’Tis indeed a prize more fine
  2. Than all in Troy.—
  3. Grudge me not that; there be
  4. Guerdons abundant for a Prince like thee.
Exit HECTOR.
CHORUS.
  1. O peril strange, O fearful prize!
  2. Yet win it and thy life hath wings:
  3. A deed of glory in men’s eyes,
  4. A greatness, to be wooed of kings.
  5. If God but hearken to the right,
  6. Thou drinkest to the full this night
  7. The cup of man’s imaginings.
DOLON.
  1. There lies the way.—But first I must go find
  2. At home some body-shelter to my mind;
  3. Then, forward to the ships of Argolis!
LEADER.
  1. What other raiment wilt thou need than this?