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. With weariness of that long march, and slept
  2. Just as we fell. No further watch was kept,
  3. Our arms not laid beside us; by the horse
  4. No yoke nor harness ordered. Hector’s force
  5. Had victory, so my master heard, and lay
  6. Secure, just waiting for the dawn of day
  7. To attack. So thought we all, and our lines broke
  8. And slept. After a little time I woke,
  9. Thinking about my horses, that the morn
  10. Must see them yoked for war. I found the corn