Orestes

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. O father, in your home of gloomy night, your son Orestes calls you to come to the rescue of the destitute. It is on your account I am wrongfully suffering, and it is by your brother that I have been betrayed for doing right; it is his wife I wish to take
  2. and kill; you be our accomplice for this deed.
Electra
  1. Oh father, come! if within the ground you hear the cry of your children, who are dying for your sake.
Pylades
  1. O kinsman of my father, Agamemnon, hear my prayers also; save your children.
Orestes
  1. I killed my mother—
Electra
  1. I held the sword—
Pylades
  1. I . . . set them free from fear—
Orestes
  1. To aid you, father.