Electra

Sophocles

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

  1. Oh, the misery! Here, at last, my eyes look for certain, it seems, upon that grievous burden in your hand.
Orestes
  1. If your tears are for any of Orestes’ tribulations, know that this vessel is his body’s home.
Electra
  1. Ah, sir, if this urn indeed contains him, then allow me,
  2. by the gods, to take it in my hands, so that I may weep and wail, not for these ashes alone, but for myself and for all our house with them!