Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. The man has vanished from the Achaic army,
  2. He and his ship too. I announce no falsehood.
CHOROS.
  1. Whether forth-putting openly from Ilion,
  2. Or did storm — wide woe — snatch him from the army?
HERALD.
  1. Like topping bowman, thou hast touched the target,
  2. And a long sorrow hast succinctly spoken.
CHOROS.
  1. Whether, then, of him, as a live or dead man
  2. Was the report by other sailors bruited?