大力神__EURIPIDES.pdf

英文名著3000 本 HERACLES by Euripides translated by E. P. Coleridge 1 英文名著3000 本 CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY AMPHITRYON, husband of Alcmena, the mother of HERACLES MEGARA, wife of HERACLES, daughter of Creon LYCUS, unlawful King of Thebes IRIS MADNESS MESSENGER HERACLES, son of Zeus and Alcmena 2 英文名著3000 本 THESEUS, King of Athens CHORUS OF OLD MEN OF THEBES Sons of HERACLES, guards, attendants 3 英文名著3000 本 HERACLES HERACLES (SCENE:-Before the palace of HERACLES at Thebes. Nearby stands the altar of Zeus, on the steps of which are now seated AMPHITRYON, MEGARA and her sons by HERACLES. They are seeking refuge at the altar.) AMPHITRYON WHAT mortal hath not heard of him who shared a wife with Zeus,Amphitryon of Argos, whom on a day Alcaeus, son of Perseus begat,Amphitryon the father of Heracles? He it was dwelt here in Thebes,where from the sowing of the dragons teeth grew up a crop of earth-born giants; for of these Ares saved a scanty band, and their 4 英文名著3000 本 childrens children people the city of Cadmus. Hence sprung Creon, son of Menoeceus, king of this land; and Creon became the father of this lady Megara, whom once all Cadmus race escorted with the glad music of lutes at her wedding, in the day that Heracles, illustrious chief, led her to my halls. Now he, my son, left Thebes where I was settled, left his wife Megara and her