Andromache Monologue from Andromache: A Play in Three Acts

From Andromache: A Play in Three Acts by Gilbert Murray

female · anguished · 57 sec

Listen. You and I have had more grief than others. We have seen beyond the glory of battle, beyond the joy of the conqueror and the shame of the conquered--as Priam and Hector saw before they died. (ORESTES: I know the battle, and I know the shame. I have seen nought else.) The King has had but little sorrow; he has conquered always, and taken glory in his manslaying. (ORESTES: Belike he will soon taste the other side of glory.) It may be. But none here, save old Alcimus, know aught of suffering. I have long prayed that some man should come here who had suffered from the hurts he had done, and learnt to pity men and women. And if the King's feet are set fast and cannot be turned, at least there is my son.

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