EURIPIDES
Servant
Then, King, how comes it
that for a holy Goddess you have not even
a word of salutation?
Hippolytus
Which Goddess?
Be careful, or you will find that tongue of yours 100
may make a serious mistake.
Servant
This Goddess here
who stands before your gates, the Goddess Cypris.
Hippolytus
I worship her—but from a long way off,
for I am chaste.
Servant
Yet she's a holy Goddess,
and fair is her renown throughout the world.
Hippolytus
Men make their choice: one man honors one God,
and one another.
Servant
Well, good fortune guard you!
if you have the mind you should have. 105
Hippolytus
God of nocturnal prowess is not my God.
Servant
The honors of the Gods you must not scant, my son.
Hippolytus
Go, men, into the house and look to supper.
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