Electra

Sophocles

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

  1. Phanoteus the Phocian provided me the weighty task.
Clytaemnestra
  1. And what is it, sir? Tell me. Coming from a friend you will bring, I know, a kindly message.
Paedagogus
  1. Orestes is dead, to put it briefly.
Electra
  1. Oh, miserable me! My ruin comes today!