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.
- What must I do then to accomplish this?
- Kill Thyestes’ son and your mother.
- I have come for that victor’s crown; but how shall I grasp it?
- Not by going within the walls, even if you wanted to.
- Is he well furnished with garrisons and body-guards?
- You have understood; for, clearly, he is afraid of you, and does not sleep.
- Well; it is for you to plan the next step, old man.
- Hear me then; for something has just come to me.
- May you reveal something good, and may I understand it.