Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. In watery friendship to fawn and be kind.
  2. Thou to me, then, indeed, sending an army for Helena’s sake,
  3. (I will not conceal it) wast — oh, by no help of the Muses! — depicted
  4. Not well of thy midriff the rudder directing. — convicted
  5. Of bringing a boldness they did not desire to the men with existence at stake.
  6. But now — from no outside of mind, nor unlovingly — gracious thou art
  7. To those who have ended the labour, fulfilling their part;
  8. And in time shalt thou know, by inquiry instructed,
  9. Who of citizens justly, and who not to purpose, the city conducted.
AGAMEMNON.
  1. First, indeed, Argos, and the gods, the local,
  2. ’T is right addressing — those with me the partners
  3. In this return and right things done the city
  4. Of Priamos: gods who, from no tongue hearing
  5. The rights o’ the cause, for Ilion’s fate man-slaught’rous
  6. Into the bloody vase, not oscillating,
  7. Put the vote-pebbles, while, o’ the rival vessel,