Euripides' THE TROJAN WOMEN Complete

Translated, with Explanatory Notes, by Gilbert Murray.

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Leader

Now hast thou found thy prayer [48], crying to them that are gone.

Hecuba

Surely my knees are weary, but I kneel above your head;
Hearken, O ye so silent! My hands beat your bed!

Leader

I, I am near thee;
I kneel to thy dead to hear thee,
Kneel to mine own in the darkness; O husband, hear my crying!

Hecuba

Even as the beasts they drive, even as the loads they bear,

Leader
(Pain; O pain!)

[48] Now hast thou found thy prayer.] -- The Gods have deserted her, but she has still the dead. (Cf. above, on p. 71.)

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