Eumenides

Aeschylus

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

  1. whenever violence raised in the home seizes someone near and dear. So speeding after this man, we weaken him, even though he is strong, because of the fresh blood.
Chorus
  1. We are eager to take these cares away from another, and to establish for the gods exemption from my concerns, so that it will not come to trial;
  2. for Zeus has considered us, a blood-dripping, hateful band, unworthy of his council.