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. Ha! Ha!—At them! At them! After them! Down
  2. with them !—Where are they?
CAPTAIN.
  1. Who is that fellow? Look! That yonder!
A MAN.
  1. Rascal thieves, the sort that crawl
  2. And vex an army in the dark!
CAPTAIN.
  1. Ho, this way! Follow! This way all!
They pursue ODYSSEUS and DIOMEDE; catch them and bring them back.
A MAN.
  1. I have them! I have caught them!
CAPTAIN
  1. Whence comest thou? What art thou? Say; what captain and what company?
ODYSSEUS
  1. ’Tis not for thee to know. This day thou diest for thy knavery!
CAPTAIN.
  1. Stop! Give the watchword quick, before I have thy body on my pike.