Libation Bearers

Aeschylus

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

  1. What? Have I succeeded now by the will of the gods?
Orestes
  1. You have come to the sight of what you have long prayed for.
Electra
  1. And do you know whom among mortals I was invoking?
Orestes
  1. I know that you are pining for Orestes.
Electra
  1. Then how have I found an answer to my prayers?