Libation Bearers

Aeschylus

Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.

  1. Pray that some divinity or some mortal may come to them—
Electra
  1. As judge or as avenger, do you mean?
Chorus
  1. Say in plain speech, One who will take life for life.
Electra
  1. And is it right for me to ask this of the gods?
Chorus
  1. How could it not be right to repay an enemy with ills?