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The Plays of Euripides (1); Rhesus. Medea. Hippolytus. Alcestis. Heracleidae. the Suppliants. the Trojan Women. Ion. Helen
The Plays of Euripides Rhesus Medea Hippolytus Alcestis Heracleidae the Suppliants the Trojan Women Ion Helen - 1 Author:Euripides Volume: 1 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1906 Original Publisher: G. Bell Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you ... more »can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Pile. My babes I love, but there is another storm that buffets me. Nur. Daughter, are thy hands from bloodshed pure ? Pile. My hands are pure, but on my soul there rests a stain. Nur. The issue 01 some enemy's secret witchery ? Pa. A friend is my destroyer, one unwilling as myself. Nur. Hath Theseus wronged thee in any wise ? Pile. Never may I prove untrue to him !l Nur. Then what strange mystery is there that drives thee on to die ? Pile. O, let my sin and me alone ! 'tis not 'gainst thee I sin. Nur. Never willingly! and, if I fail, 'twill rest at thy door. Pile. How now? thou usest force in clinging to my hand. Nur. Yea, and I will never loose my hold upon thy knees. Pile. Alas for thee ! my sorrows, shouldst thou learn them, would recoil on thee. Nur. What keener grief for me than failing to win thee ? Pas. 'Twill be death to thee; though to me that brings renown.1 Nur. And dost thou then conceal this boon despite my prayers ? Pile. I do, for 'tis out of shame I am planning an honourable escape. Nur. Tell it, and thine honour shall the brighter shine. Pile. Away, I do conjure thee ; loose my hand. Nur. I will not, for the boon thou shouldst have granted me is denied. 1 i. e. as he never has proved so to me. 2 6Xet (i) and sing. Fut. Mid. 'thou wilt die' as a consequence of sharing my secret (Paley). (2) 3rd sing. Fut. Active ' it will kill me ' to keep silence, though that better ensures my honour. . I will grant it out of reverence for thy holy suppliant touch. Nur. Henceforth I hold my peace ; 'tis thine to speak from now. Phe. Ah ! hap...« less