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| Ἑλένη: ὦ χρόνιος ἐλθὼν σῆς δάμαρτος ἐς χέρας. Μενέλαος: ποίας δάμαρτος; μὴ θίγῃς ἐμῶν πέπλων. Ἑλένη: ἥν σοι δίδωσι Τυνδάρεως, ἐμὸς πατήρ. |
| Helen: You've come back to the arms of your wife after such a long time! Menelaus: Which wife is that? Don't touch my cloak! Helen: The one my father Tyndareus gave to you. |
| Euripides Helen 566-8 (171) |
| Μήδεια: τί δ’ ὀμφαλὸν γῆς θεσπιῳδὸν ἐστάλης; Αἰγεύς: παίδων ἐρευνῶν σπέρμ’ ὅπως γένοιτό μοι. |
| Medea: Why did you go to the prophetic heart of the world? Aegeus: For children: to find out how I could have them. |
| Euripides Medea 668-9 (494) |
| Μήδεια: πρὸς θεῶν, ἄπαις γὰρ δεῦρ’ ἀεὶ τείνεις βίον; Αἰγεύς: ἄπαιδές ἐσμεν δαίμονός τινος τύχῃ. Μήδεια: δάμαρτος οὔσης ἢ λέχους ἄπειρος ὤν; |
| Medea: By the gods are you still now dragging out your life without children? Aegeus: We have no children at the whim of some god. Medea: Do you have a wife or do you have no experience of marriage? |
| Euripides Medea 670-672 (495) |