Agamemnon

Aeschylus

Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.

  1. Well, if her language is not strange and foreign, even as a swallow’s, I must speak within her comprehension and move her to comply.
Chorus
  1. Go with her. With things as they now stand, she gives you the best. Do as she bids and leave your seat in the car.
Clytaemestra
  1. I have no time to waste with this woman here outside; for already the victims stand by the central hearth awaiting the sacrifice—a joy we never expected to be ours. As for you, if you will take any part, make no delay.