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Joy is here and sorrow too. For the state fair fame, [780] and for our captains a double prize. For me it is bitter to see the limbs of my dead sons, and yet a welcome sight, if I shall really see it, when I behold the unexpected day [785] after sorrow's cup was full.
Euripides. The Complete Greek Drama, edited by Whitney J. Oates and Eugene O'Neill, Jr. in two volumes. 1. The Suppliants, translated by E. P. Coleridge. New York. Random House. 1938.
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