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  CHORUS
    Nay�察�methinks he slumbers still。
  ELECTRA
    Begone� �quit the house� �retrace thy footsteps� �a truce to this
din��
  CHORUS
    He sleeps。 Thou art right。
  ELECTRA
    O Night�察�majestic queen�察�giver of sleep to toiling men�察�rise
from the abyss of Erebus and wing thy way to the palace of
Agamemnon� �For beneath our load of misery and woe we sink�察�aye�察�sink
oppressed。
    There� 。�To the CHORUS�� that noise again� �Be still and keep that
high´pitched voice of thine away from his couch�察�suffer him to enjoy
his sleep in peace��
  CHORUS
    Tell me�察�what end awaits his troubles��
  ELECTRA
    Death�察�death�察�what else�拭�for he does not even miss his food。
  CHORUS
    Why�察�then his doom is full in view。
  ELECTRA
    Phoebus marked us out as his victims by imposing a foul
unnatural task�察�even the shedding of the blood of our mother�察�who slew
our sire。
  CHORUS
    'Twas just�察�but 'twas not well。
  ELECTRA
    Dead�察�dead�察�O mother mine� �and thou hast slain a father and
these the children of thy womb�察�for we are dead or as the dead。 Yes��
thou art in thy grave�察�and more than half my life is spent in
weeping and wailing and midnight lamentations�察�oh�察�look on me� �a
maid unwed�察�unblest with babes�察�I drag out a joyless existence as if
for ever。
  LEADER OF THE CHORUS
    My daughter Electra�察�from thy near station there see whether thy
brother hath not passed away without thy knowing it�察�for I like not
his utter prostration。
  ORESTES ��awaking refreshed��
    Sweet charm of sleep� �saviour in sickness� �how dear to me thy
coming was� �how needed� �All hail�察�majestic power�察�oblivion of woe� �How
wise this goddess is�察�how earnestly invoked by every suffering soul��
��Addressing ELECTRA�� Whence came I hither�拭�How is it I am here�拭�for
I have lost all previous recollection and remember nothing。
  ELECTRA
    Dearest brother�察�how glad I was to see thee fall asleep� �Wouldst
have me take thee in my arms and lift thy body��
  ORESTES
    Take�察�oh� �take me in thy arms�察�and from this sufferer's mouth
and eyes wipe off the flakes of foam。
  ELECTRA
    Ah� �'tis a service I love�察�nor do I scorn with sister's hand to
tend a brother's limbs。
  ORESTES
    Prop me up�察�thy side to mine�察�brush the matted hair from off my
face�察�for I see but dimly。
  ELECTRA
    Ah�察�poor head� �how squalid are thy locks become� �How wild thy look
from remaining so long uncleansed��
  ORESTES
    Lay me once more upon the couch�察�when my fit leaves me�察�I am all
unnerved�察�unstrung。
  ELECTRA ��as she lays him down��
    Welcome to the sick man is his couch�察�for painful though it be
to take thereto�察�yet is it necessary。
  ORESTES
    Set me upright once again�察�turn me round�察�it is their helplessness
makes the sick so hard to please。
  ELECTRA
    Wilt put thy feet upon the ground and take a step at last��
Change is always pleasant。
  ORESTES
    That will I�察�for that has a semblance of health�察�and that seeming��
though it be far from the reality�察�is preferable to this。
  ELECTRA
    Hear me then�察�O brother mine�察�while yet the avenging fiends permit
thee to use thy senses。
  ORESTES
    Hast news to tell�拭�so it be good�察�thou dost me a kindness�察�but
if it tend to my hurt�察�lo� �I have sorrow enough。
  ELECTRA
    Menelaus�察�thy father's brother�察�is arrived�察�in Nauplia his fleet
lies at anchor。
  ORESTES
    Ha� �is he come to cast a ray of light upon our gloom�察�a man of our
own kin who owes our sire a debt of gratitude��
  ELECTRA
    Yes�察�he is come�察�and is bringing Helen with him from the walls
of Troy�察�accept this as a sure proof of what I say。
  ORESTES
    Had he returned alone in safety�察�he were more to be envied�察�for if
he is bringing his wife with him�察�he is bringing a load of evil。
  ELECTRA
    Tyndareus begat a race of daughters notorious for the shame they
earned�察�infamous throughout Hellas。
  ORESTES
    Be thou then different from that evil brood�察�for well thou mayest��
and that not only in profession�察�but also in heart。
  ELECTRA
    Ah� �brother�察�thine eye is growing wild�察�and in a moment art thou
passing from thy recent saneness back to frenzy。
  ORESTES ��starting up wildly��
    Mother�察�I implore thee� �let not loose on me those maidens with
their bloodshot eyes and snaky hair。 Ha� �see�察�see where they
approach to leap upon me��
  ELECTRA
    Lie still�察�poor sufferer�察�on thy couch�察�thine eye sees none of the
things which thy fancy paints so clear。
  ORESTES
    O Phoebus� �they will kill me�察�yon hounds of hell�察�death's
priestesses with glaring eyes�察�terrific goddesses。
  ELECTRA
    I will not let thee go�察�but with arms twined round thee will
prevent thy piteous tossing to and fro。
  ORESTES
    Loose me� �thou art one of those fiends that plague me�察�and art
gripping me by the waist to hurl my body into Tartarus。
  ELECTRA
    Woe is me� �what succour can I find�察�seeing that we have Heaven's
forces set against us��
  ORESTES
    Give me my horn´tipped bow�察�Apollo's gift�察�wherewith that god
declared that I should defend myself against these goddesses�察�if
ever they sought to scare me with wild transports of madness。
    A mortal hand will wound one of these goddesses�察�unless she vanish
from my sight。 Do ye not heed me�察�or mark the feathered shaft of my
far´shooting bow ready to wing its flight�拭�What� �do ye linger still��
Spread your pinions�察�skim the sky�察�and blame those oracles of Phoebus。
    Ah� �why am I raving�察�panting�察�gasping�拭�Whither�察�oh� �whither have
leapt from off my couch�拭�Once more the storm is past�察�I see a calm。
    Sister�察�why weepest thou�察�thy head wrapped in thy robe�拭�I am
ashamed that I should make thee a partner in my sufferings and
distress a maid like thee through sickness of mine。 Cease to fret
for my troubles�察�for though thou didst consent to it�察�yet 'twas I that
spilt our mother's blood。 'Tis Loxias I blame�察�for urging me on to
do a deed most damned�察�encouraging me with words but no real help�察�for
I am sure that�察�had I asked my father to his face whether I was to
slay my mother�察�he would have implored me oft and earnestly by this
beard never to plunge a murderer's sword into my mother's breast��
since he would not thereby regain his life�察�whilst I�察�poor wretch��
should be doomed to drain this cup of sorrow。
    E'en as it is�察�dear sister�察�unveil thy face and cease to weep��
despite our abject misery�察�and whensoe'er thou seest me give way to
despair�察�be it thine to calm and soothe the terrors and distorted
fancies of my brain�察�likewise when sorrow comes to thee�察�I must be
at thy side and give the words of comfort�察�for to help our friends
like this is a gracious task。
    Seek thy chamber now�察�poor sister�察�lie down and close awhile thy
sleepless eyes�察�take food and bathe thy body�察�for if thou leave me
or fall sick from nursing me�察�my doom is sealed�察�for thou art the only
champion I now have�察�by all the rest deserted�察�as thou seest。
  ELECTRA
    I leave thee� �never� �With thee I am resolved to live and die��
for 'tis the same�察�if thou diest�察�what can I�察�a woman�察�do�拭�How shall I
escape alone�察�reft of brother�察�sire�察�and friends��
    Still if it be thy pleasure�察�I must do thy bidding。 But lay thee
down upon thy couch�察�and pay not too great heed to the terrors and
alarms that scare thee from thy rest�察�lie still upon thy pallet bed��
for e'en though one be not sick but only fancy it�察�this is a source of
weariness and perplexity to mortals。

    ��ELECTRA enters the palace�察�as ORESTES lies back upon his couch。��

  CHORUS ��singing��

                                                              strophe

    Ah� �ye goddesses terrific�察�swiftly careering on outspread pinions��
whose lot it is 'mid tears and groans to hold revel not with Bacchic
rites�察�ye avenging spirits swarthy´hued�察�that dart along the
spacious firmament�察�exacting a penalty for blood�察�a penalty for
murder�察�to you I make my suppliant prayer�此�suffer the son of Agamemnon
to forget his wild whirling frenzy��
    Ah�察�woe for the troublous task� �which thou�察�poor wretch�察�didst
strive to compass to thy ruin�察�listening to the voice prophetic��
proclaimed aloud by Phoebus from the tripod throughout his
sanctuary�察�where is a secret spot they call ;the navel of the earth。;

                                                          antistrophe

    O Zeus� �What pity will be shown�拭�what deadly struggle is here at
hand�察�hurrying thee on o'er thy path of woe�察�a victim on whom some
fiend is heaping tribulation�察�by bringing on thy house thy mother's
bloodshed which drives thee raving mad�拭�I weep for thee�察�for thee I
weep。
    Great prosperity abideth not amongst mankind�察�but some power
divine�察�shaking it to and fro like the sail of a swift galley�察�plunges
it deep in the waves of grievous affliction�察�boisterous and deadly
as the waves of the sea。 For what new family am I henceforth to honour
by preference other than that which sprung from a marriage divine��
even from Tantalus��
    Behold a king draws near�察�prince Menelaus� �From his magnificence
'tis plain to see that he is a scion of the race of Tantalus。
    All hail� �thou that didst sail with a thousand ships to Asia's
strand�察�and by Heaven's help accomplish all thy heart's desire�察�making
good´fortune a friend to thyself。
                                    ��MENELAUS and his retinue enter。��
  MENELAUS
    All hail�察�my home� �Some joy I feel on seeing thee again on my
return from Troy�察�some sorrow too the sight recalls�察�for never yet
have I beheld a house more closely encircled by the net of dire
affliction。
    Concerning Agamemnon's fate and the awful death he died at his
wife's hands I learnt as I was trying to put in at Malea�察�when the
sailors' seer from out the waves�察�unerring Glaucus�察�Nereus' spokesman��
brought the news to me�察�for he stationed himself in full view by our
ship and thus addressed me。 ;Yonder�察�Menelaus�察�lies thy brother slain��
plunged in a fatal bath�察�the last his wife will ever give him;��
filling high the cup of tears for me and my brave crew。 Arrived at
Nauplia�察�my wife already�察�on the point of starting hither�察�I was
dreaming of folding Orestes�察�Agamemnon's son�察�and his mother in a fond
embrace�察�as if 'twere well with them�察�when I heard a mariner relate
the murder of the daug
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