Sophocles' ELECTRA Complete

Translated by R. Jebb.

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Page 40

Chrysothemis: Oh, hapless that I am! And I was bringing such news
in joyous haste, ignorant, it seems, how dire was our plight; but
now that I have come, I find fresh sorrows added to the old!

Electra: So stands thy case; yet, if thou wilt hearken to me, thou
wilt lighten the load of our present trouble.

Chrysothemis: Can I ever raise the dead to life?

Electra: I meant not that; I am not so foolish.

Chrysothemis: What biddest thou, then, for which my strength avails?

Electra: That thou be brave in doing what I enjoin.

Chrysothemis: Nay, if any good can be done, I will not refuse,

Electra: Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.

Chrysothemis: I know it, and will share thy burden with all my power.

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