Electra
Sophocles
Sophocles the plays and fragments, Part 6: The Electra. Jebb, Richard Claverhouse, Sir, translator. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1894.
- Then I will go. You cannot be brought to approve my words, nor I your conduct.
- No, go inside. I will never come after you, even though you may strongly desire it, since it is great folly even to attempt a useless quest.
- Well, if you seem to think straight in your own eyes, may you go on thinking so. Eventually, when you have fallen into trouble, you will approve my advice.Exit Chrysothemis into the house.
- Why, though we see the birds above, most thoughtful creatures, taking care for the sustenance