Eumenides

Aeschylus

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

  1. Say what part you have in this matter.
Apollo
  1. I have come both to bear witness—for this man was a lawful suppliant and a guest of my sanctuary, and I am his purifier from bloodshed—and to be his advocate myself. I am
  2. responsible for the murder of his mother. To Athena. Bring in the case, and, in accordance with your wisdom, decide it.