Libation Bearers

Aeschylus

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

  1. beneath the earth cast furious reproaches and rage against their murderers.
Chorus
  1. Intending to ward off evil with such a graceless grace, O mother Earth,
  2. she sends me forth, godless woman that she is. But I am afraid to utter the words she charged me to speak. For what atonement is there for blood fallen to earth? Ah, hearth of utter grief!
  3. Ah, house laid low in ruin! Sunless darkness, loathed by men, enshrouds our house due to the death of its master.
  1. The awe of majesty once unconquered, unvanquished, irresistible in war, that penetrated the ears and heart of the people, is now cast off. But there is still fear. And prosperity—this,