The Hecuba, Medea, Phoenissæ, and Orestes, of Euripides

Download or read book The Hecuba, Medea, Phoenissæ, and Orestes, of Euripides written by Euripides Euripides and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-29 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Hecuba, Medea, Phoenissæ, and Orestes, of Euripides: Literally Translated Into English From the Text of G. Dindorf, With Porson's Various Readings, to Which Are Added Critical Notes From the Best Commentators Lead, O my children, the aged woman before the tents - lead me, ye Trojan damsels, raising up your [now P.] fellow-slave, but who was once your queen. Hold me - bear rue - conduct me - support me, taking hold of my aged hand, - while I also, leaning upon the crooked staff, the staff of my arm, will hasten to ad vance the tardy movement of my limbs. O thou lightning of Jove! O pitchy Night! Wherefore is its that thus, in the night season, I am startled by terrors, by phantoms? O revered Earth! Mother of black winged dreams, I discard the vision of night, the fearful vision concerning my son, who.is preserved safe in Thrace, and concerning Polyxena, my beloved daughter, which I have learned, 6 I have been taught by dreams. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.