Electra

Sophocles

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

  1. abandoned by their accursed father, while love for the children of Menelaus filled him? Were these not the marks of a thoughtless and malicious parent? I think so, even if I differ from your judgment. So, too, would the dead girl speak, if she could find a voice. For myself, then, I view the past without
  2. dismay; but if you think my attitude criminal, see that your own judgment is just before you blame your neighbor.
Electra
  1. This time, at least, you cannot say that I first gave you cause for upset and thereby provoked such words from you. But, if you will permit me,
  2. I would gladly declare the truth, on behalf of my dead father and my sister alike.