Aeschylus's CHOEPHORI (Libation Bearers) Complete

Translated by E. Morshead.

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Leader of the Chorus: Nay, but the deed is well; link not thy lips
To speech ill-starred, nor vent ill-boding words-
Who hast to Argos her full freedom given,
Lopping two serpents' heads with timely blow.

Orestes: Look, look, alas!
Handmaidens, see-what Gorgon shapes throng up
Dusky their robes and all their hair enwound-
Snakes coiled with snakes-off, off,-I must away!

Leader: Most loyal of all sons unto thy sire,
What visions thus distract thee? Hold, abide;
Great was thy victory, and shalt thou fear?

Orestes: These are no dreams, void shapes of haunting ill,
But clear to sight another's hell-hounds come!

Leader: Nay, the fresh bloodshed still imbrues thine hands,
And thence distraction sinks into thy soul.

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