Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. then had not the courage to do this deed of murder with your own hand!
Aegisthus
  1. Because to ensnare him was clearly the woman’s part; I was suspect as his enemy of old. However, with his gold I shall endeavor to control the people; and whoever is unruly,
  2. him I’ll yoke with a heavy collar, and in truth he shall be no well-fed trace-horse![*](The trace-horse bore no collar, and was harnessed by the side of the pair under the yoke.) No! Loathsome hunger that houses with darkness shall see him gentle.