Aeschylus' AGAMEMNON Complete

Translated by E. Morshead.

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(strophe 2)

Chorus: Grim is his wrath and heavy on our home,
That fiend of whom thv voice has cried,
Alas, an omened cry of woe unsatisfied,
An all-devouring doom!
Ah woe, ah Zeus! from Zeus all things befall--
Zeus the high cause and finisher of all!--
Lord of our mortal state, by him are willed
All things, by him fulfilled!

(refrain 1)

Yet ah my king, my king no more!
What words to say, what tears to pour
Can tell my love for thee?
The spider-web of treachery
She wove and wound, thy life around,
And lo! I see thee lie,
And thro' a coward, impious wound
Pant forth thv life and die!
A death of shame--ah woe on woe!
A treach'rous hand, a cleaving blow!

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