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. Who came by night into the lines unchecked.
A sound of moaning outside in the darkness, which has been heard during the last few lines, now grows into articulate words.
VOICE.
  1. Woe, woe!
  2. The burden of the wrath of fate!
GUARDS.
  1. Ha, listen! Wait.
  2. Crouch on the ground; it may be yet
  3. Our man is drawing to the net.
VOICE.
  1. Woe, woe!
  2. The burden of the hills of Thrace!
LEADER.
  1. An ally? None of Hellene race.
VOICE.
  1. Woe, woe!