Euripides' ELECTRA Complete

Translated by E. Coleridge.

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Leader of the Chorus: Hark! my friends, did ye hear that noise, like
to the rumbling of an earthquake, or am I the dupe of idle fancy?
Hark! hark! once more that wind-borne sound swells loudly on mine
ear. Electra! mistress mine! come forth from the house!

Electra: (rushing out) What is it, good friends? how goes the day
with us?

Leader: I hear the cries of dying men; no more I know.

Electra: I heard them too, far off, but still distinct.

Leader: Yes, the sound came stealing from afar, but yet 'twas clear.

Electra: Was it the groan of an Argive, or of my friends?

Leader: I know not; for the cries are all confused.

Electra: That word of thine is my death-warrant; why do I delay?

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