Libation Bearers

Aeschylus

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

  1. O Zeus, set him who is within the palace before his foes;
  2. since, if you exalt him, he will gladly pay you with double and triple recompense.
Chorus
  1. Know that the orphaned colt of a loved one is harnessed to the chariot of distress.
  2. And by setting bounds to his course may you grant that we see him keep a steady pace through this race and win the goal in the straining stride of a gallop.[*](That is, let him bide his time by guarding against haste.)
Chorus
  1. And you who within the house inhabit the inner chamber that exults in its wealth, hear me, you gods, that feel with us! By a fresh award redeem the blood of deeds done long ago.