Tragedies and Fragments, Translated by the Late E.H. Plumptrewith Notes, Rhymed Choral Odes and Lyrical Dialogues (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...Agamemnon's house, how cam'st thou here? And art thou he who then did rescue him And me from many sorrows? O dear hands, And thou that did'st thy feet's glad ministry, How was it that so long thou stayed'st with me, And yet did'st 'scape my ken, did'st not appear, But did'st in words destroy me, bringing acts 1360 Most full of joy? Hail, O my father, hail, (For sure, I think I see a father's face, ) Hail, once again, and know that this one day Above all men I hated thee and loved. Attend. This is enough, methinks. What lies between Full many a day and many a circling night Shall show thee plain, Electra. But you twain, There standing by, I call to act, for now The time is come. Now Clytemnestra sits Alone. Now no man is within. Think well, If ye hold back, that ye will have to fight With these and others craftier far than they. 137 Ores. No longer is it time for lengthened speech, My Pylades, but with swift foot to press Within, when first we have adored the shrines Of all the ancestral Gods who guard these gates. Exeunt Orestes and Pylades 1nto the palace. Elec. 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; And show to all men how the Gods bestow Their due rewards on all impiety. Exit. Strophe 1 Chor. 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, 139 Floating in wild suspense; Antistrophe For now beneath the roof-tree he has passed, The avenger of the dead, Treading with subtle feet, E'en to his fa...