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. So that the very words will seem to have been said by you.
Electra
  1. Your work begins at once; you have drawn the first lot in the slaughter.
Orestes
  1. I would go, if some one would show me the way.
Old man
  1. Yes, I can escort you myself, not against my will.
Orestes
  1. O Zeus, god of my fathers, be also the vanquisher of my enemies—
Electra
  1. And have pity on us; for we have suffered pitiably—
Old man
  1. Yes, indeed, have pity on your own descendants.
Electra
  1. And Hera, you who rule Mycenae’s altars—
Orestes
  1. Give us victory, if we are asking for what is right.