Euripides' HERACLEIDAE Complete

Translated by E. Coleridge.

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Iolaus: Thou wilt tell a different tale when thou seest me there.

Servant: What shall I see thee do? I wish thee all success, at any rate.

Iolaus: Thou shalt see me smite some foeman through the shield.

Servant: Perhaps, if ever we get there. I have my fears of that.

Iolaus: Ah! would to Heaven that thou, mine arm, e'en as I remember
thee in thy lusty youth, when with Heracles thou didst sack Sparta,
couldst so champion me to-day! how I would put Eurystheus to flight!
since he is to craven to wait the onslaught. For prosperity carries
with it this error too, a reputation for bravery; for we think the
prosperous man a master of all knowledge. (Iolaus and the Servant
depart.)

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