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POLYXENA
Mother�察�hearken to me�察�and thou�察�son of Laertes�察�make allowance
for a parent's natural wrath。 My poor mother�察�fight not with our
masters。 Wilt thou be thrown down�察�be roughly thrust aside and wound
thy aged skin�察�and in unseemly wise be torn from me by youthful
arms�拭�This wilt thou suffer�察�do not so�察�for 'tis not right for thee。
Nay�察�dear mother mine give me thy hand beloved�察�and let me press thy
cheek to mine�察�for never�察�nevermore�察�but now for the last time shall I
behold the dazzling sun´god's orb。 My last farewells now take� �O
mother�察�mother mine� �beneath the earth I pass。
HECUBA
O my daughter�察�I am still to live and be a slave。
POLYXENA
Unwedded I depart�察�never having tasted the married joys that
were my due��
HECUBA
Thine�察�my daughter�察�is a piteous lot�察�and sad is mine also。
POLYXENA
There in Hades' courts shall I be laid apart from thee。
HECUBA
Ah me�察�what shall I do�拭�where shall I end my life��
POLYXENA
Daughter of a free´born sire�察�a slave I am to die。
HECUBA
Not one of all my fifty children left��
POLYXENA
What message can I take for thee to Hector or thy aged lord��
HECUBA
Tell them that of all women I am the most miserable。
POLYXENA
Ah� �bosom and breasts that fed me with sweet food��
HECUBA
Woe is thee�察�my child�察�for this untimely fate��
POLYXENA
Farewell�察�my mother� �farewell�察�Cassandra��
HECUBA
;Fare well� ─�others do�察�but not thy mother�察�no��
POLYXENA
Thou too�察�my brother Polydorus�察�who art in Thrace�察�the home of
steeds��
HECUBA
Aye�察�if he lives�察�which much I doubt�察�so luckless am I every way。
POLYXENA
Oh yes�察�he lives�察�and�察�when thou diest�察�he will close thine eyes。
HECUBA
I am dead�察�sorrow has forestalled death here。
POLYXENA
Come veil my head�察�Odysseus�察�and take me hence�察�for now�察�ere falls
the fatal blow�察�my heart is melted by my mother's wailing�察�and hers no
less by mine。 O light of day� �for still may I call thee by thy name��
though now my share in thee is but the time I take to go 'twixt this
and the sword at Achilles' tomb。
��ODYSSEUS and his attendants lead POLYXENA away。��
HECUBA
Woe is me� �I faint�察�my limbs sink under me。 O my daughter�察�embrace
thy mother�察�stretch out thy hand�察�give it me again�察�leave me not
childless� �Ah�察�friends� �'tis my death´blow。 Oh� �to see that Spartan
woman�察�Helen�察�sister of the sons of Zeus�察�in such a plight�察�for her
bright eyes have caused the shameful fall of Troy's once prosperous
town。
��HECUBA sinks fainting to the ground。��
CHORUS ��singing��
strophe 1
O breeze from out the deep arising�察�that waftest swift galleys��
ocean's coursers�察�across the surging main� �whither wilt thou bear me
the child of sorrow�拭�To whose house shall I be brought�察�to be his
slave and chattel�拭�to some haven in the Dorian land�察�or in Phthia��
where men say Apidanus�察�father of fairest streams�察�makes fat and
rich the tilth��
antistrophe 1
or to an island home�察�sent on a voyage of misery by oars that
sweep the brine�察�leading a wretched existence in halls where the
first´created palm and the bay´tree put forth their sacred shoots
for dear Latona�察�memorial fair of her divine travail�拭�and there with
the maids of Delos shall I hymn the golden snood and bow of Artemis
their goddess��
strophe 2
Or in the city of Pallas�察�the home of Athena of the beauteous
chariot�察�shall I upon her saffron robe yoke horses to the car��
embroidering them on my web in brilliant varied shades�察�or the race of
Titans�察�whom Zeus the son of Cronos lays to their unending sleep
with bolt of flashing flame��
antistrophe 2
Woe is me for my children� �woe for my ancestors�察�and my country
which is falling in smouldering ruin 'mid the smoke�察�sacked by the
Argive spear� �while I upon a foreign shore am called a slave
for´sooth�察�leaving Asia�察�Europe's handmaid�察�and receiving in its place
deadly marriage´bower。
��The herald�察�TALTHYBIUS�察�enters。��
TALTHYBIUS
Where can I find Hecuba�察�who once was queen of Ilium�察�ye Trojan
maidens��
LEADER OF THE CHORUS
There she lies near thee�察�Talthybius�察�stretched full length upon
the ground�察�wrapt in her robe。
TALTHYBIUS
Great Zeus� �what can I say�拭�that thine eye is over man�拭�or that we
hold this false opinion all to no purpose�察�thinking there is any
race of gods�察�when it is chance that rules the mortal sphere�拭�Was
not this the queen of wealthy Phrygia�察�the wife of Priam highly blest��
And now her city is utterly o'erthrown by the foe�察�and she�察�a slave in
her old age�察�her children dead�察�lies stretched upon the ground��
soiling her hair�察�poor lady in the dust。 Well�察�well�察�old as I am��
may death be my lot before I am caught in any foul mischance。 Arise��
poor queen� �lift up thyself and raise that hoary head。
HECUBA ��stirring��
Ah� �who art thou that wilt not let my body rest�拭�why disturb me in
my anguish�察�whosoe'er thou art��
TALTHYBIUS
'Tis I�察�Talthybius�察�who am here�察�the minister of the Danai��
Agamemnon has sent me for thee�察�lady。
HECUBA ��rising��
Good friend�察�art come because the Achaeans are resolved to slay me
to at the grave�拭�How welcome would thy tidings be� �Let us hasten and
lose no time�察�prithee�察�lead the way�察�old sir。
TALTHYBIUS
I am come to fetch thee to bury thy daughter's corpse�察�lady�察�and
those that send me are the two sons of Atreus and the Achaean host。
HECUBA
Ah� �what wilt thou say�拭�Art thou not come�察�as I had thought�察�to
fetch me to my doom�察�but to announce ill news�拭�Lost�察�lost�察�my child��
snatched from thy mother's arms� �and I am childless now�察�at least as
touches thee�察�ah�察�woe is me��
How did ye end her life�拭�was any mercy shown�拭�or did ye deal
ruthlessly with her as though your victim were a foe�察�old man��
Speak�察�though thy words must be pain to me。
TALTHYBIUS
Lady�察�thou art bent on making mine a double meed of tears in
pity for thy child�察�for now too as I tell the sad tale a tear will wet
my eye�察�as it did at the tomb when she was dying。
All Achaea's host was gathered there in full array before the tomb
to see thy daughter offered�察�and the son of Achilles took Polyxena
by the hand and set her on the top of the mound�察�while I stood near��
and a chosen band of young Achaeans followed to hold thy child and
prevent her struggling。 Then did Achilles' son take in his hands a
brimming cup of gold and poured an offering to his dead sire�察�making a
sign to me to proclaim silence throughout the Achaean host。 So I stood
at his side and in their midst proclaimed�察 �Silence�察�ye Achaeans��
hushed be the people all� �peace� �be still� �Therewith I hushed the
host。 Then spake he�察 �Son of Peleus�察�father mine�察�accept the
offering I pour thee to appease thy spirit�察�strong to raise the
dead�察�and come to drink the black blood of a virgin pure�察�which I
and the host are offering thee�察�oh� �be propitious to us�察�grant that we
may loose our prows and the cables of our ships�察�and�察�meeting with
prosperous voyage from Ilium�察�all to our country come。; So he�察�and all
the army echoed his prayer。 Then seizing his golden sword by the
hilt he drew it from its scabbard�察�signing the while to the picked
young Argive warriors to hold the maid。 But she�察�when she was ware
thereof�察�uttered her voice and said�此 �O Argives�察�who have sacked my
city� �of my free will I die�察�let none lay hand on me�察�for bravely will
I yield my neck。 Leave me free�察�I do beseech�察�so slay me�察�that death
may find me free�察�for to be called a slave amongst the dead fills my
royal heart with shame。; Thereat the people shouted their applause��
and king Agamemnon bade the young men loose the maid。 So they set
her free�察�as soon as they heard this last command from him whose might
was over all。 And she�察�hearing her captors' words took her robe and
tore it open from the shoulder to the waist�察�displaying a breast and
bosom fair as a statue's�察�then sinking on her knee�察�one word she spake
more piteous than all the rest�察 �Young prince�察�if 'tis my breast
thou'dst strike�察�lo� �here it is�察�strike home� �or if at my neck thy
sword thou'lt aim�察�behold� �that neck is bared。;
Then he�察�half glad�察�half sorry in his pity for the maid�察�cleft
with the steel the channels of her breath�察�and streams of blood gushed
forth�察�but she�察�e'en in death's agony�察�took good heed to fall with
maiden grace�察�hiding from gaze of man what modest maiden must。 Soon as
she had breathed her last through the fatal gash�察�each Argive set
his hand to different tasks�察�some strewing leaves o'er the corpse in
handfuls�察�others bringing pine´logs and heaping up a pyre�察�and he�察�who
brought nothing�察�would hear from him who did such taunts as these��
;Stand'st thou still�察�ignoble wretch�察�with never a robe or ornament to
bring for the maiden�拭�Wilt thou give naught to her that showed such
peerless bravery and spirit�拭�
Such is the tale I tell about thy daughter's death�察�and I regard
thee as blest beyond all mothers in thy noble child�察�yet crossed in
fortune more than all。
LEADER
Upon the race of Priam and my city some fearful curse hath
burst�察�'tis sent by God�察�and we must bear it。
HECUBA
O my daughter� �'mid this crowd of sorrows I know not where to turn
my gaze�察�for if I set myself to one�察�another will not give me pause��
while from this again a fresh grief summons me�察�finding a successor to
sorrow's throne。 No longer now can I efface from my mind the memory of
thy sufferings sufficiently to stay my tears�察�yet hath the story of
thy noble death taken from the keenness of my grief。 Is it no
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