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. I take the killing, thou the stablery:
  2. It needs keen wit and a neat hand. The post
  3. A man should take is where he helpeth most.
ATHENA.
  1. Behold, ’tis Paris, hasting there toward
  2. This tent. Methinks he knoweth from the guard
  3. Some noise of prowling Argives hither blown.
DIOMEDE.
  1. Comes he alone or with his guards?
ATHENA.
  1. Alone;
  2. Toward Hector’s quarters, as I deem, he plies
  3. His message. He hath heard some tale of spies.