Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. Anyhow, in after days, will I, yes, I, be at thee yet!
CHOROS.
  1. Not if hither should the Daimon make Orestes straightway come!
AIGISTHOS.
  1. O, I know, myself, that fugitives on hopes are pasture-fed!
CHOROS.
  1. Do thy deed, get fat, defiling justice, since the power is thine!
AIGISTHOS.
  1. Know that thou shalt give me satisfaction for this folly’s sake!
CHOROS.
  1. Boast on, bearing thee audacious, like a cock his females by!
KLUTAIMNESTRA.
  1. Have not thou respect for these same idle yelpings! I and thou
  2. Will arrange it, o’er this household ruling excellently well.