Your work begins at once; you have drawn the first lot in the slaughter.OrestesI would go, if some one would show me the way.Old manYes, I can escort you myself, not against my will.OrestesO Zeus, god of my fathers, be also the vanquisher of my enemies—ElectraAnd have pity on us; for we have suffered pitiably—Old manYes, indeed, have pity on your own descendants.ElectraAnd Hera, you who rule Mycenae’s altars—OrestesGive us victory, if we are asking for what is right.Old manYes, indeed, give them the right of vengeance for their father.OrestesYou too, father, living below the earth through an unholy deed—ElectraAnd Lady Earth, to whom I give my hands—Old manDefend, defend these, your dearest children.OrestesNow come and bring with you all the dead as allies.ElectraThose who destroyed the Trojans in war with you—Old manAnd all who hate the unholy and polluted.ElectraDo you hear me, you who suffered dreadful things from my mother?Old manYour father hears everything, I know; but it is time to be on our way.ElectraAnd I tell you therefore that Aegisthus is to die; if you fall dead in the struggle, I am also dead, do not count me as alive; for I will strike my heart with a two-edged sword. I will go indoors and make things ready there.So that if a good report comes from you, the whole house will cry aloud in triumph; but, if you die, it will be the opposite of that. These are my words to you.OrestesI know it all.