Electra

Sophocles

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

  1. Keep your flattery to yourself; it is not in my character.
Chrysothemis
  1. Regardless, it brings no honor to fall through senselessness.
Electra
  1. I will fall, if need be, while honoring my father.
Chrysothemis
  1. But our father, I know, pardons me for this.