Euripides' HERACLES Complete

Translated by E. Coleridge.

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Heracles: Farewell, my aged sire!

Amphitryon: Farewell to thee, my son!

Heracles: Bury my children as I said.

Amphitryon: But who will bury me, my son?

Heracles: I will.

Amphitryon: When wilt thou come?

Heracles: After thou hast buried my children.

Amphitryon: How?

Heracles: I will fetch thee from Thebes to Athens. But carry my children
within, a grievous burden to the earth. And I, after ruining my house
by deeds of shame, will follow in the wake of Theseus, totally destroyed.
Whoso prefers wealth or might to the possession of good friends, thinketh
amiss. (Theseus and his attendants lead Heracles away.)

Chorus: (chanting) With grief and many a bitter tear we go our way,
robbed of all we prized most dearly.



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