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. Of dawn is so near.
DIVERS GUARDS
  1. Why have we still no word nor sign
  2. Of that scout in the Argive line?
ANOTHER.
  1. I know not; he is long delayed.
ANOTHER.
  1. God send he trip not on the blade
  2. Of some Greek in an ambuscade!
ANOTHER.
  1. It may be. I am half afraid.
LEADER.
  1. Our time is past! Up, men, and tell
  2. The fifth watch. ’Tis the Lycians’ spell
  3. Now, as the portions fairly fell.