Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. Then, do not, struck with awe at human censure ....
AGAMEMNON.
  1. Well, popular mob-outcry much avails too.
KLUTAIMNESTRA.
  1. Ay, but the unenvied is not the much valued.
AGAMEMNON.
  1. Sure, ’t is no woman’s part to long for battle.
KLUTAIMNESTRA.
  1. Why, to the prosperous, even suits a beating.
AGAMEMNON.
  1. What? thou this beating us in war dost prize too?
KLUTAIMNESTRA.
  1. Persuade thee! power, for once, grant me — and willing!
AGAMEMNON.
  1. But if this seem so to thee — shoes, let someone