Electra

Sophocles

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

  1. I will never think it right to tremble before eternally house-bound women, that useless burden on the ground!
Orestes
  1. Yes, but remember that Ares dwells in women, too. You know this well by experience, I believe.
Electra
  1. oh, no! ah, me! You have reminded me of my sorrow, one which by its nature cannot be veiled,
  2. cannot be done away with, cannot be forgotten!