Sophocles' ELECTRA Complete

Translated by R. Jebb.

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Page 34

Chorus: O daughter, why weepest thou?

Electra: (with hands outstretched to heaven) Alas!

Chorus: Utter no rash cry!

Electra: Thou wilt break my heart!

Chorus: How meanest thou?

Electra: If thou suggest a hope concerning those who have surely passed
to the realm below, thou wilt trample yet more upon my misery.

Chorus: (antistrophe 1)

Nay, I know how, ensnared by a woman for a chain of gold, the prince
Amphiaraus found a grave; and now beneath the earth-

Electra: Ah me, ah me!

Chorus: -he reigns in fulness of force.

Electra: Alas!

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