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    Euripides, Medea (ed. David Kovacs)

    Medea

    Editions and translations: Greek (ed. David Kovacs) | English (ed. David Kovacs)
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    Messenger

    When your two children came with their father and entered the bride's house, all of us servants who were troubled by your misfortunes were cheered. For our ears buzzed with the loud report [1140]  that you and your husband had brought your former quarrel to an end. And someone kissed the hands and another the blond heads of the children. And I myself for very joy went along with the children into the women's quarters. Here the mistress we now honor instead of you, [1145]  before she saw the two children, had eyes only for Jason. Then she veiled her eyes and turned her white cheek away, disgusted at seeing the children come in. But your husband [1150]  tried to take away the girl's wrathful mood and said, ‘You must not be unkind to your kin but must cease your anger and turn your face towards us again, regarding those as near and dear your husband so regards. Receive these gifts and ask your father [1155]  to grant these children release from their exile for my sake.’

    When she had seen the raiment, she could not wait but consented to all her husband asked, and before your children and their father had gone far from the house, she took the many-colored gown and put it on, [1160]  and setting the gold crown about her locks, she arranged her hair in a bright mirror, smiling at the lifeless image of her body. And then getting up from her seat she paraded about the room, her white feet making dainty steps, [1165]  entranced with the gifts, glancing back again and again at the straight tendon of her leg. But thereafter there was a terrible sight to behold. For her color changed, and with legs trembling she staggered back sidelong, and by falling on the chair [1170]  barely escaped collapsing on the floor. And one old woman among the servants, thinking, I suppose, that a frenzy from Pan or one of the other gods had come upon her, raised a festal shout to the god, until she saw the white foam coming between her lips and her eyes [1175]  starting out of their sockets and her skin all pale and bloodless. Then indeed she raised a wail in answer to her former shout. And at once one servant went to her father's house, another to her new husband to tell of the bride's misfortune: the whole [1180]  house rang with the sound of drumming footsteps.


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    Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
    484 [Bemerkungen über den Wechsel des ergänzenden Partizips und des ergänzenden Infinitivs.]

    Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Electra:
    * [1098-1383]

    Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Philoctetes:
    * [219-675]

    Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Trachiniae:
    * [663-820]

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    Euripides. Euripides, with an English translation by David Kovacs. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. forthcoming.
    OCLC: 34837302
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