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Hecuba (680-698)

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is not this a sight to fill you with wonder, and upset your hopes?
681
Hecuba
Ah me! it is the corpse of my son Polydorus I behold, whom the Thracian man was keeping safe for me in his halls. Alas! this is the end of all; my life is over. chanting O my son, my son,
alas! I now begin the laments, a frantic strain I learned just now from some avenging fiend.
Maid-servant
What! so you knew your sons fate, poor lady?
Hecuba
I cannot, cannot credit this fresh sight I see.
chanting
One woe succeeds to another; no day will ever pass without groans and tears.
Chorus Leader
Alas! poor lady, our sufferings are cruel indeed.
Hecubachanting
O my son, child of a luckless mother,
what was the manner of your death? by what fate do you lie here? by whose hands?
Maid-servant
I do not know. I found him on the sea-shore.

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