Page:Tragedies of Euripides (Way 1896) v2.djvu/230

This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
174
EURIPIDES.

Chorus.

To the dead dost thou wail—can they hear thine entreating?


Hecuba.

Low on the ground are mine old limbs lying,
And mine hands, and mine hands on the earth are beating![1]


Chorus.

Earthward my knee, as I follow thee, bows,
As I cry to the dweller in Hades' House,
To mine hapless spouse.


Hecuba.

I am haled—I am borne—


Chorus.

Sorrow rings in thy cry! 1310


Hecuba.

From my land unto mansions of slavery.
O hapless I!
O Priam, O Priam, slain without tomb,
Without friend, nought, nought dost thou know of my doom!


Chorus.

For the blackness of death hath shrouded the eyne
Of the righteous by hand of the impious slain.

  1. ↑ This was done in invocation of the dead, as though to excite their attention.
This article is issued from Wikisource. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.