The Hecuba, Orestes, Phœnician virgins, and Medea, of Euripides: literally tr. [by T.W.C. Edwards].D.A. Talboys, 1820 |
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... hold the virgin . Which when she perceived , she uttered this speech : " O Argives , ye that annihilated my city , I die willingly ; let none touch my body ; for I will offer my neck to the sword with a good heart . But , by the Gods ...
... hold the virgin . Which when she perceived , she uttered this speech : " O Argives , ye that annihilated my city , I die willingly ; let none touch my body ; for I will offer my neck to the sword with a good heart . But , by the Gods ...
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Euripides. let go their hold , and she , on hearing this speech of her lords , took her robe , and rent it , beginning from the top of her shoulder down to her waist : and shewed her breasts and bosom beauteous , as a statue's , and ...
Euripides. let go their hold , and she , on hearing this speech of her lords , took her robe , and rent it , beginning from the top of her shoulder down to her waist : and shewed her breasts and bosom beauteous , as a statue's , and ...
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... hold thy knees , weeping , and imploring in all the strains of eloquence . O my lord , O greatest light of the Greeks , be per- suaded ; lend thy hand to avenge this aged woman , although she is of no consequence , yet avenge her . For ...
... hold thy knees , weeping , and imploring in all the strains of eloquence . O my lord , O greatest light of the Greeks , be per- suaded ; lend thy hand to avenge this aged woman , although she is of no consequence , yet avenge her . For ...
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... me in an hostile sense : Tortos , however , in this place , is an exception to the rule , as are also xaλurre , Soph . Antig . 1011. μuris , Trachin . 446 . manner hold my hands and feet ; and if , 42 1117-1143 HECUBA .
... me in an hostile sense : Tortos , however , in this place , is an exception to the rule , as are also xaλurre , Soph . Antig . 1011. μuris , Trachin . 446 . manner hold my hands and feet ; and if , 42 1117-1143 HECUBA .
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Euripides. manner hold my hands and feet ; and if , when wishing to succour my children , I raised my head , they held me by the hair : but if I moved my hands , I wretched could effect nothing through ... hold my hands and feet; and if, ...
Euripides. manner hold my hands and feet ; and if , when wishing to succour my children , I raised my head , they held me by the hair : but if I moved my hands , I wretched could effect nothing through ... hold my hands and feet; and if, ...
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Adrastus Agamemnon Antigone Apollo Argives Argos arms army art thou behold blood calamity child CHOR CHORUS Clytemnestra corse Creon daughter dead dear death deed destroyed dost thou dreadful earth Edipus ELEC Electra enemy ETEO Eteocles evil eyes fate father fear fortune friends give Gods Grecian Greeks hand hast thou hath hear Hecuba Helen hither honour husband ills Ismenus Jason Jocasta Jove kill lament land marriage MEDEA Menelaus miserable misfortunes mortals mother murder Orestes palace Pelasgian perish Phoceans PHRY Phrygian POLY Polymestor Polynices POLYX Polyxena preserve Priam Pylades shew sister slain slay slew sons speak spear suffer sword tears Theban Thebes thee thine things thou art thou hast thou sayest thou shalt thou wilt thy brother thy children thyself tomb Troy Tyndarus ULYSS unhappy virgin wife wilt thou woes woman women words wretched καὶ
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Page 141 - By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap To pluck bright Honour from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned Honour by the locks; So he that doth redeem her thence might wear Without corrival all her dignities.
Page 142 - Why, my child, dost thou so desirously court ambition, the most baneful of the deities ? do not thou ; the Goddess is unjust. But she hath entered into many families and happy states and hath come forth again, to the destruction of those who have to do with her. Of whom thou art madly enamoured. This is more noble, my son, to honour equality, which ever links friends with friends, and states with states, and allies with allies : for equality is sanctioned by law among men.
Page 80 - What is this ? how art thou ? in what state, O most dear to me of my companions and kindred ? for all these things art thou to me. OREs. We are gone — briefly to shew thee my calamities. PYL. Thou wilt have ruined me too ; for the things of friends are common. OREs. Menelaus has behaved most basely towards me and my sister. PYL. It is to be expected that the husband of a bad wife be bad.
Page 198 - CHORUs. CHOR. I heard the voice, I heard the cry of the unhappy Colchian ; is not she yet appeased ? but, O aged matron, tell me ; for within the apartment with double doors, I heard her cry; nor am I delighted, O woman, with the griefs of the family, since it is friendly to me. NUR. The family is not ; these things are gone already : 1 In Elms. Dind. rd yilp eWiaBai, "for the being accustomed,