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Medea, Line 1: If only the Argo had never sailed

Lines 1–8. Medea's old nurse comes out of the house in Corinth and wishes the whole story undone.

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Nurse

Εἴθ’Eíth’if onlyὤφελ’ṓphel’hadἈργοῦςArgoûsof the Argoμὴmḕneverδιαπτάσθαιdiaptásthaiflownσκάφοςskáphosthe hullΚόλχωνKólchōnof the Colchiansἐςestoαἶανaîanthe landκυανέαςkyanéasthe darkΣυμπληγάδαςSymplēgádasClashing Rocks,

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1 If only the Argo had never sailed. Nurse: If only the hull of the Argo had never flown through the dark…

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