Electra

Sophocles

Sophocles the plays and fragments, Part 6: The Electra. Jebb, Richard Claverhouse, Sir, translator. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1894.

  1. could she but subdue the double Erinys of her house. Who could grow to be so noble a daughter of so noble a father?
Chorus
  1. None of the good willingly clouds his fair repute and becomes nameless by leading a corrupt life, my child.
  2. Similarly, you, too, have chosen a lifetime of shared mourning and have armed against dishonor, so that you might win in one breath a twofold praise as wise, and as the best of daughters.
Chorus
  1. May I yet see you live exalted in might and wealth above your enemies by as much as you now dwell beneath their hand! For I have found you enjoying no prosperous estate, yet