Electra

Sophocles

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

  1. Ah, no!
Electra
  1. —he has been buried not receiving from me either burial
  2. or lamentation.
Enter Chrysothemis, from the right.
Chrysothemis
  1. I am pursued by joy, dear sister, and I disregard seemliness in order to come with speed. I bring joyful news to relieve your former troubles and grief.