Electra

Sophocles

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

  1. How do they fare? What are they doing now?
Electra
  1. She is decking the urn for burial; the two of them stand close to her.
Chorus
  1. And why have you hurried out?
Electra
  1. To guard against Aegisthus entering before we are aware.