Sophocles' TRACHINIAE Complete

Translated by R. Jebb.

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Page 38

Leader of Whole Chorus: And mark how sadly, with what a cloud upon
her brow, that aged woman approaches, to give us tidings. (Enter
Nurse, from the house.)

Nurse: Ah, my daughters, great, indeed, were the sorrows that we were
to reap from the gift sent to Heracles!

Leader: Aged woman, what new mischance hast thou to tell?

Nurse: Deianeira hath departed on the last of all her journeys, departed
without stirring foot.

Leader: Thou speakest not of death?

Nurse: My tale is told.

Leader: Dead, hapless one?

Nurse: Again thou hearest it.

Chorus: Hapless, lost one! Say, what was the manner of her death?

Nurse: Oh, a cruel deed was there!

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