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. Oh, don’t say so! What is your news?
Electra
  1. Argos has sentenced Orestes and me to death.
Hermione
  1. Oh no! not my own relatives!
Electra
  1. It is decreed; we have put on the yoke of necessity.
Hermione
  1. Was this the reason of the cry within?
Electra
  1. Yes, a suppliant cried out as he fell at Helen’s knees—
Hermione
  1. Who is he? I know nothing more, if you do not tell me.
Electra
  1. Unhappy Orestes, entreating mercy for himself and me.