Aeschylus's CHOEPHORI (Libation Bearers) Complete

Translated by E. Morshead.

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Nurse: She bids him bring a spear-armed body-guard.
Nay, tell not that unto our loathed lord,
But speed to him, put on the mien of joy,
Say, Come alone, fear nought, the news is good:
A bearer can tell straight a twisted tale.

Nurse: Does then thy mind in this new tale find joy?

Leader: What if Zeus bid our ill wind veer to fair?

Nurse: And how? the home's hope with Orestes dies.

Leader: Not yet-a seer, though feeble, this might see.

Nurse: What say'st thou? Know'st thou aught, this tale belying?

Leader: Go, tell the news to him, perform thine hest,-
What the gods will, themselves can well provide.

Nurse: Well, I will go, herein obeying thee;
And luck fall fair, with favour sent from heaven.
She goes out.

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