1 EURIPIDES' TROJAN WOMEN PREFACE, TRANSLATION, and ...
1 EURIPIDES' TROJAN WOMEN PREFACE, TRANSLATION, and ...
1 EURIPIDES' TROJAN WOMEN PREFACE, TRANSLATION, and ...
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Andromache<br />
We are dragged off as booty, my child <strong>and</strong> I.<br />
It is a steep fall for those born as nobles to become slaves.<br />
Hecuba<br />
Necessity drives us hard. Just now Cass<strong>and</strong>ra<br />
Was taken from me, snatched from my arms.<br />
[Keening]<br />
Andromache<br />
It seems another Ajax has appeared to rape her,<br />
But there is more suffering for you.<br />
Hecuba<br />
There’s no limit to my suffering;<br />
Each new horror challenges the one before.<br />
Andromache<br />
Your daughter Polyxena is dead; they slaughtered her<br />
At the tomb of Achilles, A gift for his lifeless corpse.<br />
Hecuba<br />
Oh misery. That was Talthybius’ riddle; unclear then, but all too clear now.<br />
Andromache<br />
When I saw her corpse, I left this cart to cover her with a robe<br />
And beat my breast in mourning.<br />
[Keening]<br />
Hecuba<br />
Aiai. My child, for your unholy slaughter,<br />
Aiai again, for this foul murder.<br />
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