Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. It would be impossible to report false news so fair that those I love should take pleasure for long.
Chorus
  1. Oh if only you could tell tidings true yet good! It is not easy to conceal when true and good are split apart.
Herald
  1. The prince was swept from the sight of the Achaean host,