Agamemnon

Aeschylus

Aeschylus. The poetical works of Robert Browning, Volume 13. Browning, Robert, translator; Berdoe, Edward, editor. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1889.

  1. Are harsh to slaves in all things, beyond measure.
  2. Thou hast — with us — such usage as law warrants.
CHOROS.
  1. To thee it was, she paused plain speech from speaking.
  2. Being inside the fatal nets — obeying,
  3. Thou mayst obey: but thou mayst disobey too!
KLUTAIMNESTRA.
  1. Why, if she is not, in the swallow’s fashion,
  2. Possessed of voice that’s unknown and barbaric,
  3. I, with speech — speaking in mind’s scope — persuade her.