Eumenides

Aeschylus

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

  1. The prophet directed you to kill your mother?
Orestes
  1. Yes, and to this very hour, I do not blame my fortune.
Chorus
  1. But if the jury’s vote catches hold of you, you’ll soon speak differently.