THE PHŒNICIAN VIRGINS.
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Euripides and Buckley, Theodore Alois
ETEO. Which thou art come to destroy?
POL. Do ye hear me?
ETEO. Who will hear thee, who art marching against thy country?
POL. And ye shrines of the Gods[27] delighting in the milk-white steeds;
ETEO. Who hate thee.
POL. I am driven out of my own country.
ETEO. For thou hast come to destroy it.
POL. With injustice indeed, O ye Gods!
ETEO. At Mycenæ call upon the Gods, not here.
POL. Thou art impious.
ETEO. But not my country's enemy, as thou art.
POL. Who drives me out without my share.
ETEO. And I will put thee to death in addition.
POL. My father, hearest thou what I suffer?
ETEO. For he hears what wrongs thou doest.
POL. And thou, my mother?
ETEO. It is not lawful for thee to mention thy mother.
POL. O my city!
ETEO. To Argos go, and call on Lerna's stream.
POL. I will go, do not distress thyself; but thee, my mother, I mention with honor.
ETEO. Depart from out of the country.
POL. I will go out; but grant me to see my father.
ETEO. You will not obtain your request.
POL. But my virgin sisters then.
ETEO. Never shalt thou behold these.
POL. O my sisters!
ETEO. Why callest thou on these—being their greatest enemy?
POL. My mother, but thou farewell.
JOC. Do I experience any thing that is well, my son?
POL. I am no longer thy child.
JOC. To many troubles was I born.
POL. For he throws insults on us.
ETEO. For I am insulted in turn.
POL. Where wilt thou stand before the towers?
ETEO. Why dost thou ask me this question?
POL. I will oppose myself to thee, to slay thee.
ETEO. Desire of this seizes me also.
JOC. Wretched me! what will ye do, my children?
POL. The deed itself will show.
JOC. Will ye not escape your father's curses?