Sophocles' ELECTRA Complete

Translated by R. Jebb.

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Electra: Thou hadst none for him, nor for the father that begat him.

Chorus: Ill-fated realm and race, now the fate that hath pursued thee
day by day is dying,- is dying!

Clytemnestra: (within) Oh, I am smitten!

Electra: Smite, if thou canst, once more!

Clytemnestra: (within) Ah, woe is me again!

Electra: Would that the woe were for Aegisthus too!

Chorus: The curses are at work; the buried live; blood flows for blood,
drained from the slayers by those who died of yore. (Orestes and
Pylades enter from the palace., antistrophe)

Behold, they come! That red hand reeks with sacrifice to Ares; nor
can I blame the deed.

Electra: Orestes, how fare ye?

Orestes: All is well within the house, if Apollo's oracle spake well.

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