Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. But since this to do thou thinkest — and not talk — thou soon shalt know!
  2. Up then, comrades dear! the proper thing to do—not distant this!
CHOROS
  1. Up then! hilt in hold, his sword let everyone aright dispose!
AIGISTHOS.
  1. Ay, but I myself too, hilt in hold, do not refuse to die.
CHOROS.
  1. Thou wilt die, thou say’st, to who accept it. We the chance demand.
KLUTAIMNESTRA.
  1. Nowise, O belovedest of men, may we do other ills!
  2. To have reaped away these, even, is a harvest much to me.
  3. Go, both thou and these the old men, to the homes appointed each,