GetPassage urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-eng2:648-657 urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-eng2:648-657

And as for the other matter, fortune will ordain well.ElectraLet this man here help us with both.Old manI will; but how will you find a way to kill your mother?ElectraGo to Clytemnestra, old man, and say this: report that I have given birth to a male child.Old manThat you have given birth some time ago, or quite recently?ElectraTen days ago, in which a woman who has given birth stays pure.Old manAnd how does this grant us the slaughter of your mother?ElectraShe will come, when she hears of my childbirth pangs.Old manHow is that? Do you think she cares for you, child?