The Athenian captive. A tragedy. In five acts / By Thomas Noon Talfourd. First acted at Covent Garden theatre, April 28, 1838.
- Thomas Talfourd
- Date:
- 1838
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The Athenian captive. A tragedy. In five acts / By Thomas Noon Talfourd. First acted at Covent Garden theatre, April 28, 1838. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![scene II.] THE ATHENIAN CAPTIVE. Soldiers ! we sup in Corinth ! You’ll not wait Past time of hunger, if ye are not faint With rapid conquest. Enter Pentheus and Soldiers. PENTHEUS. Noble leader, hail ! Thy country's heroes bless thee with the sense Of their delighted wonder! With one voice They greet thee as the winner of this fight, To which thou led them. Never was a scheme Of battle, plann’d in council of the sage, Form’d with a skill more exquisite than that Which, in the instant thou wert call’d to lead us, Flash'd on thy spirit, and in lines of fire From thine was manifest to ours ! Art wounded ? T HOAS. A very scratch ; I blush to think n© more: Some frolic blood let in the strife had serv’d To moderate my fervours. PENTHEUS. See ; our comrades Have snatched a branch from the Corinthian laurels (Which now I fear must wither) for a wreath To grace thy brow ! Soldiers, 'tis much I ask ;](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31935242_0085.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
