Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. Yet once more I would like to speak, but not a dirge. I pray to the sun, in presence of his latest light, that my enemies[*](Of this corrupt passage no emendation yet made commends itself irresistibly. The translation is based on the reading ἐχθροὺς φόνευσιν τοὺς ἐμούς, where φόνευσιν is due to Bothe, the rest to J. Pearson.)may at the same time pay to my avengers a bloody penalty for
  2. slaughtering a slave, an easy prey. Alas for human fortune! When prosperous, a mere shadow can overturn it[*](Some editors, altering the passage to σκιᾷ τις ἂν πρέψειεν, one may liken it to a shadow, understand shadow either literally or as a sketch.); if misfortune strikes, the dash of a wet sponge blots out the drawing.