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. And gave them plenteously. Then in the deep
  2. Shadow I saw two men who seemed to creep
  3. Close by our line, but swiftly, as I stirred,
  4. Crouched and were seeking to make off unheard.
  5. I shouted then, and bade them keep away:
  6. Two thieves, I thought, from the great host that lay
  7. Round us. They never answered, and, for me,
  8. I said no more but turned and presently
  9. Was sleeping. In my sleep there came a dream.
  10. I seemed to see the horses—mine own team