Euripides' ORESTES Complete

Translated by E. Coleridge.

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Menelaus: I have heard all; be chary of thy tale of woe.

Orestes: I will; but the deity is lavish of woe to me.

Menelaus: What ails thee? what is thy deadly sickness?

Orestes: My conscience; I know that I am guilty of an awful crime.

Menelaus: Explain thyself; wisdom is shown in clearness, not in obscurity.

Orestes: 'Tis grief that is my chief complaint.

Menelaus: True; she is a goddess dire; yet are there cures for her.

Orestes: Mad transports too, and the vengeance due to a mother's blood.

Menelaus: When did thy fit begin? which day was it?

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