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. Yes; and she will weep, surely, over my child’s low rank.
Old man
  1. Perhaps; bring your story back again to the turning-point.
Electra
  1. Well then, if she comes, it is clear that she will die.
Old man
  1. Yes, she will come right up to the door of your house.
Electra
  1. Won’t it then be a little thing for her to turn aside to Hades?
Old man
  1. May I die, once I have seen this!
Electra
  1. First of all, old man, guide my brother—
Old man
  1. To the place where Aegisthus is now sacrificing to the gods?
Electra
  1. Then, going to meet my mother, give her my message.