Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. Such things hears no one of the happy-fortuned.
CHOROS.
  1. But gloriously to die — for man is grace, sure.
KASSANDRA.
  1. Ah, sire, for thee and for thy noble children!
CHOROS.
  1. But what thing is it? What fear turns thee backwards?
KASSANDRA.
  1. Alas, alas!
CHOROS.
  1. Why this Alas! if ’t is no spirit’s loathing?
KASSANDRA.
  1. Slaughter blood-dripping does the household smell of!
CHOROS.
  1. How else? This scent is of hearth-sacrifices.