Rhesus

Euripides

Euripides. The Rhesus of Euripides. Translated into English rhyming verse with explanatory notes by Gilbert Murray. Murray, Gilbert, translator. London: George Allen and Company, Ltd., 1913.

  1. One night, and stole her image clean away
  2. To the Argive ships. Yes, and another day,
  3. Guised as a wandering priest, in rags, he came
  4. And walked straight through the Gates, made loud acclaim
  5. Of curses on the Greek, spied out alone
  6. All that he sought in Ilion, and was gone—
  7. Gone, and the watch and helpers of the Gate
  8. Dead! And in every ambush they have set
  9. By the old Altar, close to Troy, we know
  10. He sits—a murderous reptile of a foe!