Aeschylus' EUMENIDES Complete

Translated by E. Morshead.

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Orestes: Then while she lived why didst thou hunt her not?

Leader: She was not kin by blood to him she slew.

Orestes: And I, am I by blood my mother's kin?

Leader: O cursed with murder's guilt, how else wert thou
The burden of her womb? Dost thou forswear
Thy mother's kinship, closest bond of love?

Orestes: It is thine hour, Apollo-speak the law,
Averring if this deed were justly done;
For done it is, and clear and undenied.
But if to thee this murder's cause seem right
Or wrongful, speak-that I to these may tell.

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