Euripides' HERACLEIDAE Complete

Translated by E. Coleridge.

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Iolaus: My daughter, 'tis nothing new that I should praise thee, as
I justly may, above all the children of Heracles. Our house seemed
to be prospering, when back it fell again into a hopeless state; for
the king declares the prophets signify that he must order the sacrifice,
not of bull or heifer, but of some tender maid of noble lineage, if
we and this city are to exist. Herein is our perplexity; the king
refuses either to sacrifice his own or any other's child. Wherefore,
though he use not terms express, yet doth he hint, that, unless we
find some way out of this perplexity, we must seek some other land,
for he this country fain would save.

Macaria: Are these indeed the terms on which our safety depends?

Iolaus: Yea, on these; if, that is, we are successful otherwise.

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