Libation Bearers

Aeschylus

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

  1. What food did it crave, the newborn viper?
Chorus
  1. In her dream she offered it her own breast.
Orestes
  1. Surely her nipple was not unwounded by the loathsome beast?
Chorus
  1. No: it drew in clotted blood with the milk.
Orestes
  1. Truly it is not without meaning: the vision signifies a man!