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. Your report agrees with mine; there is no noise here either.
Electra
  1. Well then, I will listen in the gateway.
Chorus
  1. (Calling through the door.)You within the house, why are you delaying to spill your victim’s blood,
  2. now that all is quiet?
Electra
  1. They do not hear; alas for my troubles! Can it be that her beauty has blunted their swords?
  2. Soon some Argive in full armor, hurrying
  3. to her rescue, will attack the palace.
  4. Keep a better look-out; it is not a contest of sitting still; turn about, some here, some there.