May I yet see thy life raised in might and wealth above thy foes,
even as now it is humbled beneath their hand! For I have found thee
in no prosperous estate; and yet, for observance of nature's highest
laws, winning the noblest renown, by thy piety towards Zeus. (Orestes
enters, with Pylades and two attendants, one of them carrying a funeral
urn.)
Orestes: Ladies, have we been directed aright, and are we on the right
path to our goal?
Leader of the Chorus: And what seekest thou? With what desire hast
thou come?
Orestes: I have been searching for the home of Aegisthus.
Leader: Well, thou hast found it; and thy guide is blameless.
Orestes: Which of you, then, will tell those within that our company,
long desired, hath arrived?
Leader: This maiden,- if the nearest should announce it.
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