Hecuba, Orestes, and The Phoenician Women

Seek: Book 12 of the Brothers This appears to be a librarian's or scholar's cross-reference to another manuscript or section.

of the sun » that of the father
Chorus Hecuba Wretched woman, instead of: "you are" whether you die as a corpse or while living, you are miserable, wandering about alone?
Odysseus Oh Lady not acceptable it is not not to be approached but death your own death instead of: to heal
Your daughter’s death was not meant to be avoided. original: "ou prosiētos" — meaning a fate that must be faced or a death that cannot be bargained away.
just things death ...nor your own we say
So it is from us; let us not speak of your own death.
Hecuba There is a great necessity for me to die where she dies.
Odysseus perplexedly
How? For I did not know that I had acquired masters. Odysseus is sarcastically asking Hecuba who gave her the authority to command him or dictate the terms of the sacrifice.
Hecuba a bond just as of the girl grows cares for her death with the girl
Just as ivy clings to an oak, so will I cling to her.
Odysseus this would not happen if to those who are stronger
Not if you would listen to those who are wiser.
Hecuba willingly I will go I will hold on
But I will not willingly let go of her.
Odysseus Note Neither indeed will I leave this place and leave her here.
Polyxena of Odysseus
Mother, obey me; and you, son of Laertes, Odysseus was the son of Laertes; using the father's name was a formal way of addressing someone.
let be the strife instead of: reasonably to those who are angry
Relent in your strife with those who are so provoked.
to those who are powerful
And you, wretched mother, do not fight those in power.
the body
Do you wish to fall to the ground and have your
skin strength
aged skin torn by being shoved by force,
by me
and to be treated dishonorably, pushed by a young arm
you might happen
in ways that are unseemly? Do not do it; for it is not worthy of you.
But, my dear mother, give me your beloved hand
and let me press my cheek against yours.
into the future the last
For I shall never do so again; but now, for the very last time,
the brightness the sun I shall look upon
I shall look upon the ray and the circle of the sun.
This is the end of all my words to you.