Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. O Klutaimnestra! For ’t is just we bow
  2. To the ruler’s wife, — the male-seat man-bereaved.
  3. But if thou, having heard good news, — or none, —
  4. For good news’ hope dost sacrifice thus wide,
  5. I would hear gladly: art thou mute, — no grudge!
KLUTAIMNESTRA.
  1. Good-news-announcer, may — as is the by-word —
  2. Morn become, truly, — news from Night his mother!
  3. But thou shalt learn joy past all hope of hearing.