Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. Now, in blind oracles, I feel resourceless.
KASSANDRA.
  1. Eh, eh, papai, papai,
  2. What this, I espy?
  3. Some net of Haides undoubtedly
  4. Nay, rather, the snare
  5. Is she who has share
  6. In his bed, who takes part in the murder there!
  7. But may a revolt —
  8. Unceasing assault —
  9. On the Race, raise a shout
  10. Sacrificial, about
  11. A victim — by stoning —
  12. For murder atoning!
CHOROS.
  1. What this Erinus which i’ the house thou callest
  2. To raise her cry? Not me thy word enlightens!
  3. To my heart has run