Euripides' HERACLEIDAE Complete

Translated by E. Coleridge.

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Iolaus: Well said! keep the harness ready to my hand, put a spear
within my grasp, and support me on the left side, guiding my steps.

Servant: Am I to lead this warrior like a child?

Iolaus: To save the omen, we must go without stumbling.

Servant: Would thy power to act were equal to thy zeal!

Iolaus: Hasten; I shall feel it grievously, if I am too late for the
battle.

Servant: 'Tis thou who art slow, not I, though thou fanciest thou
art doing wonders.

Iolaus: Dost not mark how swift my steps are hasting?

Servant: I mark more seeming than reality in thy haste,

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