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.
- And look, I see him, I mean your husband,
- on his way home, his day’s work done.
- Oh! who are these strangers I see at my door? Why have they come here to my rustic gate? Do they want something from me? For it is shameful for a woman to be standing with young men.
- Dearest, do not be suspicious of me; you shall hear the truth; for these strangers have come to me as messengers of news from Orestes. But, strangers, pardon him for what he said.
- What do they say? The man is alive and sees the light of day?
- He is, at least in their report, and I believe them.
- Surely then he remembers something of your father’s wrongs and your own?
- These are things to hope for; a man in exile is powerless.
- What message from Orestes have they come to declare?