AEG. Lead on.
OR. Nay, go thou first.
AEG. That I may not escape thee?
OR. No, that thou may’st not have thy wish in death.
I may not stint one drop of bitterness.
And would this doom were given without reprieve,
If any try to act beyond the law,
To kill them. Then the wicked would be few.
LEADER OF CH. O seed of Atreus! how triumphantly
Through grief and hardness thou hast freedom found,
With full achievement in this onset crowned!
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THE TRACHINIAN MAIDENS
THE PERSONS
- DÊANIRA, wife of Heracles.
- An Attendant.
- HYLLUS, son of Heracles and Dêanira.
- CHORUS of Trachinian Maidens.
- A Messenger.
- LICHAS, the Herald.
- A Nurse.
- An Old Man.
- HERACLES.
- IOLE, who does not speak.