Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. For, aye this breeds youth in the old — to learn well.
  2. But these things most the house and Klutaimnestra
  3. Concern, ’t is likely: while they make me rich, too.
KLUTAIMNESTRA.
  1. I shouted long ago, indeed, for joyance,
  2. When came that first night-messenger of fire
  3. Proclaiming Ilion’s capture and dispersion.
  4. And someone, girding me, said, Through fire-bearers
  5. Persuaded — Troia to be sacked now, thinkest?