Medea Passage 4

Τροφός:

Nurse:

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τί δ᾽ ἔστιν, ὦ γεραιέ; μὴ φθόνει φράσαι.

What is it, old man? Do not begrudge me the news.

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Παιδαγωγός:

Tutor:

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οὐδέν: μετέγνων καὶ τὰ πρόσθ᾽ εἰρημένα.

Nothing. I am sorry I said as much as I have.

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Τροφός:

Nurse:

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μή, πρὸς γενείου, κρύπτε σύνδουλον σέθεν: σιγὴν γάρ, εἰ χρή, τῶνδε θήσομαι πέρι.

I beg you by your beard, do not conceal this from your fellow-slave! I will keep it a secret if I must.

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Παιδαγωγός:

Tutor:

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ἤκουσά του λέγοντος, οὐ δοκῶν κλύειν, πεσσοὺς προσελθών, ἔνθα δὴ παλαίτεροι θάσσουσι, σεμνὸν ἀμφὶ Πειρήνης ὕδωρ,

As I approached the gaming-tables where the old men sit, near the holy spring of Peirene, I heard someone say （I was pretending not to listen）

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ὡς τούσδε παῖδας γῆς ἐλᾶν Κορινθίας σὺν μητρὶ μέλλοι τῆσδε κοίρανος χθονὸς Κρέων.

that Creon, this country's king, was going to exile these children and their mother from the land of Corinth.

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ὁ μέντοι μῦθος εἰ σαφὴς ὅδε οὐκ οἶδα:

Whether the story is true I do not know.

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βουλοίμην δ᾽ ἂν οὐκ εἶναι τόδε.

I could wish it were not so.

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Τροφός:

Nurse:

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καὶ ταῦτ᾽ Ἰάσων παῖδας ἐξανέξεται πάσχοντας, εἰ καὶ μητρὶ διαφορὰν ἔχει;

But will Jason allow this to happen to his sons even if he is at odds with their mother?

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Παιδαγωγός:

Tutor:

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παλαιὰ καινῶν λείπεται κηδευμάτων, κοὐκ ἔστ᾽ ἐκεῖνος τοῖσδε δώμασιν φίλος.

Old marriage-ties give way to new: he is no friend to this house.

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Τροφός:

Nurse:

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ἀπωλόμεσθ᾽ ἄρ᾽, εἰ κακὸν προσοίσομεν νέον παλαιῷ , πρὶν τόδ᾽ ἐξηντληκέναι.

We are done for, it seems, if we add this new trouble to our old ones before we've weathered those

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Παιδαγωγός:

Tutor:

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ἀτὰρ σύ γ᾽, οὐ γὰρ καιρὸς εἰδέναι τόδε δέσποιναν, ἡσύχαζε καὶ σίγα λόγον.

But you, hold your peace, since it is not the right time for your mistress to know this, and say nothing of this tale.

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