Euripides' HERACLES Complete

Translated by E. Coleridge.

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Amphitryon: Thou wert distraught; 'tis a sad explanation thou art
asking.

Heracles: Was it I that slew my wife also?

Amphitryon: Thy own unaided arm hath done all this.

Heracles: Ah, woe is me! a cloud of sorrow wraps me round.

Amphitryon: The reason this that I lament thy fate.

Heracles: Did I dash my house to pieces or incite others thereto?

Amphitryon: Naught know I save this, that thou art utterly undone.

Heracles: Where did my frenzy seize me? where did it destroy me?

Amphitryon: In the moment thou wert purifying thyself witb fire at the altar.

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