 | Euripides - 1850 - 526 pages
...of friends are common. ORES. Menelaus has behaved most basely towards me and my sister. PTL. It ia to be expected that the husband of a bad wife be bad. ORES. He is come, and has done just u much for me as if he had not come. PTL. What ! is he in truth come to this land ? ORES. After a long... | |
 | Euripides - 1858 - 424 pages
...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...has done just as much for me as if he had not come. Fix. What ! is he in truth come to this land ? OREs. After a long season ; but nevertheless he was... | |
 | James Laughlin - 332 pages
...master, and the other the butler. The rout blame their wives for their own faults. Euripides says, "It is to be expected that the husband of a bad wife be bad." No one can attribute his weakness or a vice to another; the flaw is always in oneself, and he who is... | |
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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... 