Electra

Euripides

Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Translated into English Prose from the Text of Paley. Vol. II. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1891.

  1. And then he will no longer be harsh to you.
Electra
  1. He is proud; for he lives in my home.
Clytemnestra
  1. You see? Again you are rekindling new quarrels.
Electra
  1. I am silent; I fear him—as I fear him.
Clytemnestra
  1. Stop this talk! But why did you summon me, child?
Electra
  1. You have heard, I suppose, that I have given birth;
  2. in thanks for this, please sacrifice—for I do not know how—on the tenth day, as is the custom for the child. For I have no experience, being childless before.
Clytemnestra
  1. This is work for another, the one who delivered you.
Electra
  1. I was all alone in my labor and at the baby’s birth.