Eumenides

Aeschylus

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

  1. Go on your way to your home, children of Night: mighty, lovers of honor, children, yet aged, under kindly escort—
  2. you who dwell in the land, refrain from inauspicious speech!
Chorus of the Processional Escort
  1. Under the primeval caverns of the earth, gaining the high honor of worship and sacrifice—all you people, refrain from inauspicious speech!