Greek Texts & Translations

Xerxes By the shores of Salamis, dashing against its rugged shore, 965I left them, fallen in death from a Tyrian ship.

Chorus Woe! woe! cry aloud! Where is your beloved Pharnuchus, and the courageous Ariomardus? Where is prince Seualces, 970or Lilaeus of noble lineage, Memphis, Tharybis and Masistras, Artembares and Hystaechmas? This I ask you.