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. Nor did I betray you.
Pylades
  1. Will you not hear these reproaches and rescue your children?
Orestes
  1. With tears I pour you a libation.
Electra
  1. And I with laments.
Pylades
  1. Cease, and let us set about our business. If prayers really do pierce the ground, he hears. O Zeus, god of my fathers, and holy Justice, give success to him and me and her; for there is one struggle for three friends, and one penalty,
  2. for all to live or—pay death’s account. Exeunt Orestes and Pylades.
Electra
  1. My dear friends of Mycenae, of foremost rank in Argos, the home of the Pelasgians.
Chorus
  1. What are you saying to us, mistress?