Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. Priamos’ city have the Argeioi taken.
CHOROS.
  1. How sayest? The word, from want of faith, escaped me.
KLUTAIMNESTRA.
  1. Troia the Achaioi hold: do I speak plainly?
CHOROS.
  1. Joy overcreeps me, calling forth the tear-drop.
KLUTAIMNESTRA.
  1. Right! for, that glad thou art, thine eye convicts thee.
CHOROS.
  1. For — what to thee, of all this, trusty token?
KLUTAIMNESTRA.
  1. What’s here! how else? unless the god have cheated.
CHOROS.
  1. Haply thou flattering shows of dreams respectest?