Euripides Rhesus 131

Editions (1)

Ῥῆσος Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. III. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. (Reprinted 1920-1978)) — 131 focus

Χορός

τάδε δοκεῖ, τάδε μεταθέμενος νόει.

σφαλερὰ δʼ οὐ φιλῶ στρατηγῶν κράτη.

τί γὰρ ἄμεινον ἢ

ταχυβάταν νεῶν κατόπταν μολεῖν

πέλας ὅ τί ποτʼ ἄρα δαΐοις

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πυρὰ κατʼ ἀντίπρῳρα ναυστάθμων δαίεται;

Translations (2)

Rhesus Perseus (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 131 focus

Chorus

It pleases me well; so change your mind and adopt this counsel. I do not love hazardous commands in generals. What is better than for a swift-footed spy to approach the ships

and learn why our foes are lighting fires in front of their naval station?

135

Rhesus (OCR draft) Experimental (Rhesus. Robert Potter's English verse translation, first published in 1781–1783; text from the 1808 Oxford printing.)

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