Electra

Sophocles

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

  1. I see her breathing fury; but whether justice is with her, her concern for this I see no longer.
Clytaemnestra
  1. And what manner of concern should I use against her, who has abused her mother like this at her mature age? Do you not think
  2. that she would go forward to any deed without shame?
Electra
  1. Now be assured that I do feel shame for it, though I seem not to you. I know that my behavior is unsuited to my age and inappropriate. But then the enmity I get from you and your