Electra
Sophocles
Sophocles the plays and fragments, Part 6: The Electra. Jebb, Richard Claverhouse, Sir, translator. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1894.
- No, by our father’s hearth, I do not speak in mockery. I tell you that he truly is with us.
- Ah, miserable girl! And from whom on earth have you heard this tale, which you believe so lightly?
- I have it on my own knowledge, no one else’s; I have seen clear proofs.
- What have you seen, poor girl, to warrant your belief? What did you see, that you are warmed by this unquenchable fire?