Electra

Sophocles

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

  1. When mortals are embroiled in misfortunes, how can one who is to die benefit from lapse of time? No, kill him as quickly as you can, and throw his corpse to the creatures from whom his kind should have burial, throw it far from our sight! For in my eyes this
  2. alone can bring us release from the misery of the past.
Orestes
  1. To Aegisthus.Go in, and quickly. Words are not at stake here, but your life.
Aegisthus
  1. Why take me into the house? If this deed is just, what need is there of darkness? Why is your hand not quick to strike?