Eumenides

Aeschylus

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

  1. I will say it: with drawn sword in hand, I stabbed her in the throat.
Chorus
  1. By whom were you persuaded and on whose advice?
Orestes
  1. By the oracles of this god here; he is my witness.