even if he escapes beneath the earth, he is never set free. A suppliant, he will acquire another avenger from his family.As Agamemnon was slain by Clytaemestra and Clytaemestra by Orestes, so Orestes shall be slain by one of his own race. μιάστωρis properly polluter.

Enters from the inner sanctuary.ApolloOut, I order you! Go away from this house at once,leave my prophetic sanctuary, so that you may not be struck by a winged glistening snakeThe arrow sped from Apollo’s gold-wrought string is called a winged glistening snake because it stings like a serpent’s bite. There is also a latent word-play: ὄφις snake suggests ἰός snake’s poison which also means arrow. shot forth from a golden bow-string, and painfully release black foam, vomiting the clots of blood you have drained from mortals.