Tragedies and Fragments (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ... shrines Of all the ancestral Gods who guard these gates. Exnmt Omssrss and Pvmnss into tbe palare. Eler. O King Apollo, hear them graciously, And hear me also, who of what I had Have stood before thee with a liberal hand; And now Lykeian king, Apollo, hear; With all I have I kneel, pray, supplicate; 1360 1370 Be Thou the gracious helper of our plans, 1" And show to all men how the Gods bestow Their due rewards on all impiety. Exit Srnorne I Cbor. See ye, where Ares, breathing slaughter still, Speeds on his onward way, Slaughter that none may check; E'en at this very hour, beneath the roof, They go who track all evil deeds of guile, The hounds whom none escape; And lo my soul's dream doth not tarry long, Floating in wild suspense; For now beneath the roof-tree he has passed, The avenger of the dead, Treading with subtle feet, E'en to his father's high ancestral halls, And in his hands bears slaughter newly edged; And Hermes, Maia's son, Hiding their counsel, leads them to the goal, Leads on, and tarries not. Eler. Now, dearest friends, the' men stand there within, And do their deed. But hush: in silence wait. Cbar. How is 't? What do they? Eler. She prepares an urn For sepulture, and those two stand hard by. C/iar. Why did'st thou rush without? Eler. To stand on guard, That so 1Egisthos, if he home return, May not escape our notice. Clytem. Witbin. Woe oh, woe O house bereaved of friends, And full of them that slay 1400 Eler. Smite her yet again, If thou hast strength for it. Clytem. I/Vitbim Ah Blow on blow Eler. Would that 1Egisthos shared them. C bor. Yes. The curse Is now fulfilled. The buried live again; For they who died long since now drain in turn "" The blood of...