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The Hecuba, Orestes, Ph?nician Virgins, and Medea of Euripides; Literally Transl
The Hecuba Orestes Phnician Virgins and Medea of Euripides Literally Transl Author:Euripides General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1837 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: POLYMESTOR, HECUBA, SEMICHORU8. Poly. Oh me! I am deprived of the sight of mine eyes. Semi. Heard ye the shriek of the man of Thrace, my friends ? Poly. Oh me; there again -- Oh my children, thy miserable butchery! Semi. My friends, some strange ills have been perpetrated within the tents. Poly. But for all your nimble feet, ye never can escape me, for by my blows will I burst open the recesses of these tents. Semi. Behold he uses violently the weapon of his heavy hand. Will ye that we fall on; since the instant calls on us to be present with assistance to Hecuba and the Trojan dames? Hec. Dash on, spare nothing, break down the gates, for thou never shalt replace the clear sight in those pupils, nor shalt thou behold alive those children which I have slain. Semi. What! hast thou vanquished the Thracian ? and hast thou got the mastery over this host, my mistress? and hast thou done such deeds, as thou sayest? Hec. Thou wilt see him quickly before the house, blind, with blind wandering steps approaching, and the bodies of his two children, whom I have slain with these most valiant Trojan women; but he has felt my vengeance; but he is coming as thou seest from the tent. But I will retire out of his way, and make good my retreat from the boiling rage of this most desperate Thracian. Poly. Alas me! whither can I go ? where stand ? whither shall I direct my way, advancing my steps like the four-footed mountain beast on my hands and on my feet in pursuit? What new path shall I take in this direction or in that, desirous of seizing these murderous Trojan dames, who have utterly destroyed me; O ye imp...« less