Sophocles' TRACHINIAE Complete

Translated by R. Jebb.

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Deianeira: How hastily thou art rushing away, when thy visit had been
so long delayed,- before we have had time for further talk.

Lichas: Nay, if there be aught that thou would'st ask, I am at thy
service.

Deianeira: Wilt thou indeed give me the honest truth?

Lichas: Yes, be great Zeus my witness,- in anything that I know,

Deianeira: Who is the woman, then, whom thou hast brought?

Lichas: She is Euboean; but of what birth, I cannot say.

Messenger: Sirrah, look at me:- to whom art thou speaking, think'st
thou?

Lichas: And thou- what dost thou mean by such a question?

Messenger: Deign to answer me, if thou comprehendest.

Lichas: To the royal Deianeira, unless mine eyes deceive me,- daughter
of Oeneus, wife of Heracles, and my queen.

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