Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. So — thou shalt be my king then of the Argeians —
  2. Who, not when for this man his fate thou plannedst,
  3. Daredst to do this deed — thyself the slayer!
AIGISTHOS.
  1. For, to deceive him was the wife’s part, certes:
  2. I was looked after — foe, ay, old-begotten!
  3. But out of this man’s wealth will I endeavour
  4. To rule the citizens: and the no-man-minder
  5. — Him will I heavily yoke — by no means trace-horse,