Excerpt from The Hecuba, Medea, Phoenissæ, and Orestes, of Euripides: Literally Translated Into English From the Text of G. Dindorf, With Porson's Various Readings, to Which Are Added Critical Notes From the Best Commentators Lead, O my children, the aged woman before the tents - lead me, ye Trojan damsels, raising up your [now P.] fellow-slave, but who was once your queen. Hold me - bear rue - conduct me - support me, taking hold of my aged hand, - while I also, leaning upon the crooked staff, the staff of my arm, will hasten to ad vance the tardy movement of my limbs. O thou lightning of Jove! O pitchy Night! Wherefore is its that thus, in the night season, I am startled by terrors, by phantoms? O revered Earth! Mother of black winged dreams, I discard the vision of night, the fearful vision concerning my son, who.is preserved safe in Thrace, and concerning Polyxena, my beloved daughter, which I have learned, 6 I have been taught by dreams. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.