EURIPIDES
this pitiless pain? O death, black night of death,
resistless death, come to me now the miserable,
and give me sleep!
Artemis
Unhappy boy! You are yoked to a cruel fate.
The nobility of your soul has proved your ruin. 1390
Hippolytus
0 divine fragrance! Even in my pain
1 sense it, and the suffering is lightened.
The' Goddess Artemis is near this place.
Artemis
She is, the dearest of the Gods to you.
Hippolytus
You see my suffering, mistress? 1395
Artemis
I see it. Heavenly law forbids my tears.
Hippolytus
Gone is your huntsman, gone your servant now.
Artemis
Yes, truly: but you die beloved by me.
Hippolytus
Gone is your groom, gone your shrine's guardian.
Artemis
Gypris, the worker of mischief, so contrived. 1400
Hippolytus
Alas, I know the Goddess who destroyed me!
Artemis
She blamed your disrespect, hated your chastity.
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