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Electra
spoken
They do not hear; alas for my troubles! Can it be that her beauty has blunted their swords?
sung
Soon some
Argive
in full armor, hurrying
to her rescue, will attack the palace.
1290
spoken
Keep a better look-out; it is not a contest of sitting still; turn about, some here, some there.
They do not hear; alas for my troubles! Can it be that her beauty has blunted their swords?
Soon some
Argive
in full armor, hurrying
to her rescue, will attack the palace.
1290
Keep a better look-out; it is not a contest of sitting still; turn about, some here, some there.
Chorus
sung
I am looking everywhere in turn along the road.
1295
I am looking everywhere in turn along the road.
1295
Helen
within
Oh, Pelasgian Argos! I am being foully murdered.
Oh, Pelasgian Argos! I am being foully murdered.
Chorus
Did you hear? The men have put their hand to the slaughter.
It is Helen screaming, at a guess.
Did you hear? The men have put their hand to the slaughter.
It is Helen screaming, at a guess.
Electra
sung
O eternal might of Zeus, of Zeus, only come to help my friends!
O eternal might of Zeus, of Zeus, only come to help my friends!
Helen
within
Menelaus, I am dying, but you do not help me, though you are near.
Menelaus, I am dying, but you do not help me, though you are near.
Orestes. Euripides. Edward P. Coleridge (Translator). London. 1891.
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