Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. Of these brave boons bestower —
  2. Thou who didst fling on Troia’s every tower
  3. The o’er-roofing snare, that neither great thing might,
  4. Nor any of the young ones, overpass
  5. Captivity’s great sweep-net — one and all
  6. Of Até held in thrall!
  7. Ay, Zeus I fear — the guest’s friend great — who was
  8. The doer of this, and long since bent
  9. The bow on Alexandros with intent
  10. That neither wide o’ the white
  11. Nor o’er the stars the foolish dart should light.
CHOROS.
  1. The stroke of Zeus — they have it, as men say!
  2. This, at least, from the source track forth we may!
  3. As he ordained, so has he done.
  4. No — said someone —
  5. The gods think fit to care