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    Euripides, Electra (ed. E. P. Coleridge)

    Chorus

    Editions and translations: Greek (ed. Gilbert Murray) | English (ed. E. P. Coleridge)
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    Chorus Leader

    Oh, oh! My friends, did you hear a noise--or did an empty notion come to me?--like the underground rumbling from Zeus? Look, the breeze rises, bringing with it a sign. [750]  Mistress, Electra, leave the house!

    Electra
    Rushing out

    My friends, what is it? How do we stand in the contest?

    Leader

    I only know this; I hear a wailing that means bloodshed.

    Electra

    I heard it also, far off, but still heard.

    Leader

    Yes, the sound is coming a long way, but it is clear.

    Electra

    [755]  The groan was of an Argive; was it from my friends?

    Leader

    I don't know; for the whole tune of the shout is confused.

    Electra

    You are calling out to me my death; why do I delay?

    Leader

    Hold back, to learn your fortune clearly.

    Electra

    No, no; we are vanquished; where are the messengers?

    Leader

    [760]  They will come; it is no trivial matter to kill a king.

    A Messenger enters in haste
    Messenger

    O victorious maidens of Mycenae, I report to all his friends that Orestes has conquered, and Aegisthus, the murderer of Agamemnon, lies on the ground; but we must offer prayers to the gods.

    Electra

    [765]  Who are you? How trustworthy is your announcement?

    Messenger

    Don't you know your brother's servant when you look at me?

    Electra

    O best of friends! I could not recognize your face out of fear; but now I know you well. What are you saying? Is my father's hated murderer dead?

    Messenger

    [770]  He is dead; I am telling you twice what you certainly want to hear.

    Electra

    O gods, and all-seeing justice, at last you have come. In what way and by what form of death did he kill Thyestes' son? I would like to learn.


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    This text is based on the following book(s):
    Euripides. The Complete Greek Drama, edited by Whitney J. Oates and Eugene O'Neill, Jr. in two volumes. 2. Electra, translated by E. P. Coleridge. New York. Random House. 1938.
    OCLC: 32280428


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