Ah me, what shall I do? where shall I end my life?PolyxenaDaughter of a free-born father, a slave I am to die.HecubaNot one of all my fifty children left!PolyxenaWhat message can I take for you to Hector or your aged lord?HecubaTell them that of all women I am the most miserable.PolyxenaAh! breasts and paps that fed me with sweet food!HecubaOh, my daughter—your wretched, untimely fate!PolyxenaFarewell, my mother! farewell, Cassandra!HecubaFare well! others do, but not your mother, no!PolyxenaYou too, my brother Polydorus, in Thrace, the home of steeds!