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		<title>Euripides -- Medea [Μήδεια], l. 1395ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[JASON: I go &#8212; a father once; now childless. MEDEA: You grieve too soon. Old age is coming. [ἸΆΣΩΝ: στείχω, δισσῶν γ᾽ ἄμορος τέκνων. ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: οὔπω θρηνεῖς: μένε καὶ γῆρας.] (Source (Greek)). Other translations: JASON: Bereft of both my Sons, I thither go. MEDEA: Not yet enough lament&#8217;st thou: to encrease Thy sorrows, may&#8217;st thou [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JASON: I go &#8212; a father once; now childless.<br />
MEDEA: You grieve too soon. Old age is coming.</p>
<p>[ἸΆΣΩΝ: στείχω, δισσῶν γ᾽ ἄμορος τέκνων.<br />
ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: οὔπω θρηνεῖς: μένε καὶ γῆρας.]</p>
<br><b>Euripides</b> (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist<br><i>Medea</i> [Μήδεια], l. 1395ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://archive.org/details/medeaotherplays0000euri/page/60/mode/2up?q=%22grieve+too+soon%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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(<a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0113%3Acard%3D1389#:~:text=%CE%B8%CE%AC%CF%80%CF%84%E1%BE%BD%20%E1%BC%84%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%87%CE%BF%CE%BD.-,%E1%BC%B8%CE%AC%CF%83%CF%89%CE%BD,%CE%9C%CE%AE%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1%0A%CE%BF%E1%BD%94%CF%80%CF%89%20%CE%B8%CF%81%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%B5%E1%BF%96%CF%82%3A%20%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%B5%20%CE%BA%CE%B1%E1%BD%B6%20%CE%B3%E1%BF%86%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%82.,-%E1%BC%B8%CE%AC%CF%83%CF%89%CE%BD%0A%E1%BD%A6%20%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%BA%CE%BD%CE%B1">Source (Greek)</a>). Other translations: <br><br>

<blockquote>JASON: Bereft of both my Sons, I thither go.<br>
MEDEA: Not yet enough lament'st thou: to encrease<br>
<span class="tab">Thy sorrows, may'st thou live till thou art old!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/nineteentragedi01wodhgoog/page/312/mode/2up?q=%22not+yet+enough%22">Wodhull</a> (1782)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>JASON: I go deprived, alas, of both my sons.<br>
MEDEA: This grief be thine, e'en to thy latest age.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Bacch%C3%A6_Ion_Alcestis_Medea_Hippolytu/L8tCAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22go%20deprived%22">Potter</a> (1814)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>JASON: I go. Yea, of both my children bereft.<br>
MEDEA: Thy wail is yet nothing. Wait and grow old.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Medea_(Webster_1868)#:~:text=bury%20thy%20bride.-,Jason.,Making%20thee%20woe.,-Jason.">Webster</a> (1868)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>JASON:  I go, bereft of both my sons.<br>
MEDEA: Thy grief is yet to come; wait till old age is with thee too.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Plays_of_Euripides_(Coleridge)/Medea#:~:text=Jas.%20I%20go,vex%20thy%20heart.">Coleridge</a> (1891)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>JASON: I go, even deprived of both my children.<br>
MEDEA: Thou dost not yet mourn enough: stay and grow old.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/15081/pg15081-images.html#MEDEA:~:text=JAS.%20I%20go,To%20grieve%20thee.">Buckley</a> (1892)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>JASON: I go, a father forlorn of the two sons reft from his home!<br>
MEDEA: Not yet dost thou truly mourn: abide till thine old age come.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Tragedies_of_Euripides_(Way)/Medea#:~:text=grave%20thy%20bride!-,Jason.,thou%20mightest%20fall%20in%20the%20net%20that%20thou%20spreadest%20for%20me.,-Jason.">Way</a> (Loeb) (1894)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>JASON: Childless, I go, to weep and weep.<br>
MEDEA: Not yet! Age cometh and long years.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/35451/pg35451-images.html#:~:text=bride%20to%20sleep.-,Jason.,Yes%3A%20to%20torture%20thee.,-Jason.">Murray</a> (1906)]  </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>JASON: I go, with two children to mourn for.<br>
MEDEA: Not yet do you feel it. Wait for the future.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/euripides-medea-warner.ocr/page/106/mode/2up?q=%22children+to+mourn%22">Warner</a> (1944)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>JASON: I am going, deprived of my two children. <br>
MEDEA: Save your dirges. Wait for old age.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/euripides-medea-podlecki_20220818/page/75/mode/2up?q=%22i+am+going%22">Podlecki</a> (1989)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>JASON: Yes — bereft of my two sons — I go.<br>
MEDEA: Your mourning has yet to begin. Wait until old age.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0114%3Acard%3D1389#:~:text=Jason%0A%5B1395%5D%20Yes,until%20old%20age.">Kovacs</a> (Perseus)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>JASON: Yes — bereft of my two sons — I go.<br>
MEDEA: Your mourning has yet to begin. Wait until you are old!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/euripides00euri_0/page/424/mode/2up?q=%22bereft+of+my+two%22">Kovacs</a> (Loeb) (1994)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>JASON: I go, bereft of my two children.<br>
MEDEA: You do not know lamentation yet; wait until you are old.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/medeaotherplays0000euri_d3q9/page/86/mode/2up?q=%22bereft+of+my%22">Davie</a> (1996)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>JASON: I am going!<br>
<span class="tab">I’m going without my children.<br>
MEDEA: You’re still not grieving as you should.  Wait till old age comes to you.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://bacchicstage.wpcomstaging.com/euripides/medea/#:~:text=Jason%3A%0AI%20am,age%20comes%20to%20you.">Theodoridis</a> (2004)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>JASON: I am going, denied rights to my two children.<br>
MEDEA: Do not mourn yet. Wait for old age. <br>
[tr. <a href="https://diotima-doctafemina.org/translations/greek/euripides-medea/#:~:text=Jason%C2%A0%0AI%20am%20going%2C%20denied%20rights%20to%20my%20two%20children.1395%0AMedea%C2%A0%0ADo%20not%20mourn%20yet.%20Wait%20for%20old%20age.%C2%A0">Luschnig</a> (2007)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>JASON:<span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">I’ll go.<br>
<span class="tab">I’ve lost both my sons.<br>
MEDEA:<span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">Your grief’s not yet begun.<br>
<span class="tab">Wait until you’re old.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250428122658/https://johnstoniatexts.x10host.com/euripides/medeahtml.html#:~:text=wife%20of%20yours.-,JASON,%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%20Your%20grief%E2%80%99s%20not%20yet%20begun.%0AWait%20until%20you%E2%80%99re%20old.,-JASON">Johnston</a> (2008)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>JASON: I go, deprived of my children.<br>
MEDEA: You are not really mourning yet; wait for old age.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Euripides_Medea/kNBUEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22jason%20i%20go%22">Ewans</a> (2022)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>JASON: I go, bereft of both my sons.<br>
MEDEA: Your grief is yet to come; wait till old age comes upon you.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://chs.harvard.edu/primary-source/euripides-medea/#:~:text=I%20go%2C%20bereft,comes%20upon%20you.">Coleridge / Ceragioli / Nagy / Hour25</a>]</blockquote><br>						</span>
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