Euripides Rhesus 34

Editions (1)

Ῥῆσος Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. III. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. (Reprinted 1920-1978)) — 34 focus

Ἕκτωρ

τὰ μὲν ἀγγέλλεις δείματʼ ἀκούειν,

τὰ δὲ θαρσύνεις, κοὐδὲν καθαρῶς.

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ἀλλʼ ἦ Κρονίου Πανὸς τρομερᾷ

μάστιγι φοβῇ; φυλακὰς δὲ λιπὼν

κινεῖς στρατιάν. τί θροεῖς; τί σε φῶ

νέον ἀγγέλλειν; πολλὰ γὰρ εἰπὼν

οὐδὲν τρανῶς ἀπέδειξας.

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Translations (2)

Rhesus Perseus (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 34 focus

Hector

Your tidings inspire now fear,

now confidence; nothing is plainly set forth. Can it be that you are smitten with wild fear by Pan, the son of Cronion? Leaving your watch you rouse the army. What does your noisy summons mean? What tidings can I say you bring? Your words are many,

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but no plain statement have you made.

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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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