Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. And awful seats, and deities sun-fronting —
  2. Receive with pomp your monarch, long time absent!
  3. For he comes bringing light in night-time to you,
  4. In common with all these — king Agamemnon.
  5. But kindly greet him — for clear shows your duty —
  6. Who has dug under Troia with the mattock
  7. Of Zeus the Avenger, whereby plains are out-ploughed,
  8. Altars unrecognizable, and gods’ shrines,