Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. On guard, my trusty guardsmen, your work lies close to hand.
Chorus
  1. On guard then! Let every one make ready his sword with hand on hilt.
Aegisthus
  1. My hand too is laid on my sword hilt, and I do not shrink from death.