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. I saw Aegisthus, when I was on my way here.
Orestes
  1. I approve what you have said. Where was he?
Old man
  1. Near these fields, at his stables.
Orestes
  1. What was he doing? I see some hope, out of difficulties.
Old man
  1. He was preparing a feast for the Nymphs, I thought.
Orestes
  1. In return for the bringing up of children or for a coming birth?
Old man
  1. I only know this: he was preparing to sacrifice an ox.
Orestes
  1. With how many men? Or alone with his slaves?
Old man
  1. No Argive was there, but a band of his own servants.