GetPassage urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-eng2:837-845 urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-eng2:837-845

For me to suffer this, alas! For me, with ancient wisdom, to live beneath the earth, alas, without honor, unclean!I am breathing fury and utter rage. Oh, oh, the shame of it! What anguish steals into my breast! Hear my anger, motherNight; for the deceptions of the gods, hard to fight, have deprived me of my ancient honors, bringing me to nothing.