Eumenides

Aeschylus

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

  1. It was you who destroyed the old dispensations when you beguiled the ancient goddesses with wine.
Apollo
  1. Soon, when you have lost the case,
  2. you will spit out your venom—no great burden to your enemies. The balloting is now ended.