Libation Bearers

Aeschylus

Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.

  1. And I too, father, have a like request of you: to escape when I have wrought great destruction on Aegisthus.
Orestes
  1. Yes, for then the customary funeral feasts of men would be established in your honor. But otherwise, at the rich and savory banquet
  2. of burnt offerings made to the earth, you will be without a portion of honor.
Electra
  1. And I will likewise at my wedding offer libations to you out of the fullness of my inheritance from my father’s house, and before all else I will hold this tomb of yours in the highest honor.
Orestes
  1. O Earth, send up my father to watch my battle!