Sophocles, Electra, Richard Jebb (Translator), 1339

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Orestes

Then how will things inside stand when I enter?

Paedagogus

All is well. The fact is that no one will know you.
1340

Orestes

You have reported me as dead, I presume?

Paedagogus

Know that here you are a man numbered with the shades.

Orestes

Do they rejoice, then, at the news? Or what do they say?

Paedagogus

I will tell when all is completed. Meanwhile,

all is favorable for us on their part, even that which is not favorable.
1345

Electra

Who is this, brother? By the gods, tell me.

Orestes

Do you not know who he is?

Electra

No, nor can I imagine.

Orestes

Do you not know the man to whose hands you gave me once?

Electra

What man? What do you mean?

Orestes

I mean him, by whose hands and through your forethought

I was secretly conveyed away to Phocian soil.
1350

Electra

Is this he in whom alone out of many I once found a true ally at the time of our father’s murder?

Orestes

This is he; question me no further.

Electra. Sophocles. Richard Jebb (Translator). Cambridge. 1894.

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Electra (English) (Sophocles the plays and fragments, Part 6: The Electra. Jebb, Richard Claverhouse, Sir, translator. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1894. (Modernized by Perseus.))

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Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 1339 focus

πῶς οὖν ἔχει τἀντεῦθεν εἰσιόντι μοι;

ΠΑ.

καλῶς· ὑπάρχει γάρ σε μὴ γνῶναί τινα.
1340

ΟΡ.

ἤγγειλας, ὡς ἔοικεν, ὡς τεθνηκότα.

ΠΑ.

εἷς τῶν ἐν "Αιδου μάνθαν ἐνθάδ᾽ ἂν ἀνήρ.

ΟΡ.

χαίρουσιν οὖν ἐν οὖν τούτοισιν; ἢ τίνες λόγοι;

ΠΑ.

τελουμένων εἴποιμ᾽ ἄν· ὡς δὲ νῦν ἔχει,

καλῶς τὰ κείνων τἀκείνων πάντα, καὶ τὰ μὴ καλῶς.
1345

ΗΛ.

τίς οὗτός ἐστ᾽, ἀδελφέ; πρὸς θεῶν φράσον.

ΟΡ.

οὐχὶ ξυνίης;

ΗΛ.

οὐδέ γ' εἰς θυμὸν φέρω.

ΟΡ.

οὐκ οἶσθ᾽ ὅτῳ μ᾽ ἔδωκας ἐς χέρας ποτέ;

ΗΛ.

ποίῳ; τί φωνεῖς;

OP.

οὗ τὸ Φωκέων πέδον

ὑπεξεπέμφθην σῇ προμηθίᾳ προμηθίαι προμηθείαι προμηθία προθυμίᾳ χεροῖν.
1350

ΗΛ.

ἢ ἡ κεῖνος οὗτος ὅν ποτ᾽ ἐκ πολλῶν ἐγὼ

μόνον προσεῦρον πιστὸν ἐν πατρὸς φόνῳ;

ΟΡ.

ὅδ᾽ ἐστί, μή μ' ἔλεγχε πλείοσιν λόγοις.

ΗΛ.

Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 1339 focus

Ὀρέστης

πῶς οὖν ἔχει τἀντεῦθεν εἰσιόντι μοι;

Παιδαγωγός

καλῶς· ὑπάρχει γάρ σε μὴ γνῶναί τινα.
1340

Ὀρέστης

ἤγγειλας, ὡς ἔοικεν, ὡς τεθνηκότα.

Παιδαγωγός

εἷς τῶν ἐν Ἅιδου μάνθανʼ ἐνθάδʼ ὢν ἀνήρ.

Ὀρέστης

χαίρουσιν οὖν τούτοισιν; ἢ τίνες λόγοι;

Παιδαγωγός

τελουμένων εἴποιμʼ ἄν· ὡς δὲ νῦν ἔχει,

καλῶς τὰ κείνων πάντα, καὶ τὰ μὴ καλῶς.
1345

Ἠλέκτρα

τίς οὗτός ἐστʼ, ἀδελφέ; πρὸς θεῶν φράσον.

Ὀρέστης

οὐχὶ ξυνίης;

Ἠλέκτρα

οὐδέ γʼ ἐς θυμὸν φέρω.

Ὀρέστης

οὐκ οἶσθʼ ὅτῳ μʼ ἔδωκας εἰς χέρας ποτέ;

Ἠλέκτρα

ποίῳ; τί φωνεῖς;

Ὀρέστης

οὗ τὸ Φωκέων πέδον

ὑπεξεπέμφθην σῇ προμηθίᾳ χεροῖν.
1350

Ἠλέκτρα

ἦ κεῖνος οὗτος, ὅν ποτʼ ἐκ πολλῶν ἐγὼ

μόνον προσηῦρον πιστὸν ἐν πατρὸς φόνῳ;

Ὀρέστης

ὅδʼ ἐστί· μή μʼ ἔλεγχε πλείοσιν λόγοις.

Translations (4)

English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 1339 focus

But how shall I find matters there within?

OLD M

Well. You are shielded by their ignorance.
1340

OR

That means you have delivered me as dead.

OLD M

Alone of dead men thou art here above.

OR

Doth this delight them, or how went the talk?

OLD M

I will report, when all is done. Meanwhile,

Know, all is well with them, even what is evil.
1345

EL

Who is this, brother? I beseech thee, tell.

OR

Dost not perceive?

EL

I cannot even imagine.

OR

Know’st not into whose hands thou gav’st me once?

EL

Whose hands? How say you?

OR

His, who through thy care

Conveyed me secretly to Phocis’ plain.
1350

EL

What! is this he, whom I, of all the band,

Found singly faithful in our father’s death?

OR

He is that man. No more!

EL

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1339 focus

Wie steht es aber, wenn ich eingetreten dort?

Der Pfleger.

Sehr wohl; das Schicksal fügt es, das Niemand dich kennt.

Orestes.

Du brachtest, denk' ich, Kunde wohl von meinem Tod?

Der Pfleger.

Ein Mann des Todes, wisse, bist du jenen dort.
1310

Orestes.

Sie freu'n sich wohl darüber? Nun, was sagen sie?

Der Pfleger.

Nachdem's gethan ist, red' ich: wie die Sachen steh'lu,

Geht Alles gut mit ihnen, auch was übel ist.

Elektra.

Wer ist der Mann hier, Bruder? Bei den Göttern, sprich!

Orestes.

Ihn kennst du nicht mehr?
1315

Elektra.

Nicht entsinnen kann ich mich.
1315

Orestes.

So weißt du nimmer, wem du mich einst übergabst?

Elektra.

Wem? Was erwähnst du?

Orestes.

Dessen Arm mich ehedem,

Dank deiner Vorsicht, ingeheim nach Phokis trug.

Elektra.

Wie? Sener ist es, welchen ich aus Vielen einst

Allein getreu erfunden bei des Vaters Tod?
1320

Orestes.

Der ist es: aber frage nun nicht weiter mehr.

Elektra.

English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 1339 focus

May I with safety ? Is all well within ?

Governor

None can suspect you.
1340

Orestes

Spake you of my death

As we determined ?

Governor

Living as thou art,

They do account thee one among the dead.

Orestes

And are they glad ? What say they ?

Governor

By-and-by

We'll talk of that ; let it suffice that all

Is right within ; and that which most they think so,
1345

May prove most fatal to them.
1345

Electra

[pointing to the Governor]. Who is this ?

Orestes

Do you not know ?

Electra

I cannot recollect him.

Orestes

Not know the man to whom you trusted me !

Under whose care

ijO

ELF.CTRA.

Eleo. Wlion ? ho^v ?

Orestes

To Phocis sent,

I 'scaped the tymnt.
1350

Electra

Can it then be he,

Among the faithless only faithful found

When our dear father fell ?

Orestes

It is the same.

Electra

English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 1339 focus

What madness this? Is life no more your care?

Where is your prudence? Where your heedful thought

Of danger? Know you not that you now stand

Not on the verge, but in the midst of ills,

The greatest ills? And had not I long watch'd

Within this portal, your designs had found T

An entrance ere yourselves; my cautious care()

To this I have opposed. But now break off! //

Your long discourse, and these wild cries of jby,

And enter: the important moment calls

For action: mischief lurks beneath delay.l

Orestes

How, when I enter, shall I find the state

Of things within? Na botal Ioved modT

Old Man

A's thou cou'dst wish: not one)

Is there who knows thee.

Report me dead?
1345

Didst thou, as behoved;
1345

Attendant

Though thou art living here,

There thou art deem'd one of the shades below.

Orestes

Do they rejoice at this? What did they say?

Attendant

First do the deed, then thou shalt know. With them

All now is well, e'en things that are not well.

Electra

Who, I conjure thee tell me, is this man?

OR E. Dost thou not know-

My mind retains no trace.

Orestes

Him, to whose hands assign'd thy prudent care

In secret sent me to the Phocian realms?
1350

Electra

Is this the man, when my lov'd father fell

'Mongst many faithless only faithful found?

Orestes

This is the man: but ask me now no more,

Electra

Commentary

Commentary (R. C. Jebb) (OCR draft) (Commentary (R. C. Jebb))

mvp-comment-741-1 It has been held that these verses, or at least 1340—1344, are spurious (cr. n.). Certainly Orestes has already heard from Electra that Clytaemnestra exults in the news of his death (1153—1156). Still, it is natural that he should make some reference (as he does in 1341) to his emissary's performance of the task. Not less natural is the question in 1343, since the old man, who entered the house at v. 803, is the only person who can tell whether the feeling described by Electra still exists.

mvp-comment-741-2 τἀντεῦθεν ¹

mvp-comment-742-1 ὑπάρχει ² σε … τινά ³

mvp-comment-743-1 ὡς ἔοικεν, ὡς τεθν ⁴

mvp-comment-744-1 εἷς τῶν ἐν Ἅιδου … ἀνήρ ⁵ ἐνθάδε ⁶

mvp-comment-745-1 χαίρουσιν οὖν τούτοισιν ⁷ ἐν ⁸ οὖν ⁹

mvp-comment-746-1 τελουμένων ¹⁰

mvp-comment-746-2 ὡς δὲ νῦν ἔχει ¹¹ τὰ κείνων πάντα καλῶς ¹² καὶ τὰ μὴ καλῶς ¹³

mvp-comment-747-1 οὐχὶ ξυνίης ¹⁴

mvp-comment-747-2 οὐδέ γ’ εἰς θυμὸν φέρω ¹⁵ οὐδέ ¹⁶

mvp-comment-748-1 ποίῳ ¹⁷ ὅτῳ ¹⁸ οἶσθα ¹⁹

mvp-comment-748-2 οὗ … χεροῖν ²⁰

mvp-comment-748-3 πέδον ²¹

mvp-comment-748-4 ὑπεξεπέμφθην ²²

mvp-comment-748-5 σῇ προμηθίᾳ ²³

mvp-comment-749-1 προσηῦρον πιστὸν ²⁴

Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) focus

1339. mvp-comment-627-1 τἀντεῦθεν] Matters here.' Cp. supr. 1307, τἀνθένδε,

1342. mvp-comment-628-1 'I would have you know that you are the only dead man who is in the light of day.'

1343. mvp-comment-629-1 τίνες λόγοι] Sc. εἰσί.

1344. mvp-comment-630-1 τελουμένων] Sc. τῶν πραγμάτων. Cp. ἐπ' ἐξειργασμένοις. The present has a quasi-perfect sense, 'When these things have their completion.' Cp. Hdt. 1. 206, οὐ γὰρ ἂν εἰδείης εἴ τοι ἐς καιρὸν ἔσται ταῦτα τελεύμενα.

1345. mvp-comment-631-1 ὡς.. ἔχει] Supply ἐρῶ τάδε. 'All is well in that quarter, even what is not well,'-viz. Clytemnestra's unnatural joy.

1347. mvp-comment-632-1 οὐδέ γ' ἐς θυμὸν φέρω] (I do not perceive:) no, nor can I bring to mind.' θυμός, as in θυμῷ βάλλειν (Aesch. Prom. 706), is used after the Epic manner, so as to include the understanding. See Essay on L. § 49. P. 92, 1.

1349-1350. mvp-comment-633-1 Join οὗ χεροῖν.

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Orestes Then how will things inside stand when I enter?

Paedagogus All is well. The fact is that no one will know you. 1340

Orestes You have reported me as dead, I presume?

Paedagogus Know that here you are a man numbered with the shades.

Orestes Do they rejoice, then, at the news? Or what do they say?

Paedagogus I will tell when all is completed. Meanwhile, all is favorable for us on their part, even that which is not favorable. 1345

Electra Who is this, brother? By the gods, tell me.

Orestes Do you not know who he is?

Electra No, nor can I imagine.

Orestes Do you not know the man to whose hands you gave me once?

Electra What man? What do you mean?

Orestes I mean him, by whose hands and through your forethought I was secretly conveyed away to Phocian soil. 1350

Electra Is this he in whom alone out of many I once found a true ally at the time of our father’s murder?

Orestes This is he; question me no further.

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πῶς οὖν ἔχει τἀντεῦθεν εἰσιόντι μοι;

ΠΑ. καλῶς· ὑπάρχει γάρ σε μὴ γνῶναί τινα. 1340

ΟΡ. ἤγγειλας, ὡς ἔοικεν, ὡς τεθνηκότα.

ΠΑ. εἷς τῶν ἐν "Αιδου μάνθαν ἐνθάδ᾽ ἂν ἀνήρ.

ΟΡ. χαίρουσιν οὖν ἐν οὖν τούτοισιν; ἢ τίνες λόγοι;

ΠΑ. τελουμένων εἴποιμ᾽ ἄν· ὡς δὲ νῦν ἔχει, καλῶς τὰ κείνων τἀκείνων πάντα, καὶ τὰ μὴ καλῶς. 1345

ΗΛ. τίς οὗτός ἐστ᾽, ἀδελφέ; πρὸς θεῶν φράσον.

ΟΡ. οὐχὶ ξυνίης;

ΗΛ. οὐδέ γ' εἰς θυμὸν φέρω.

ΟΡ. οὐκ οἶσθ᾽ ὅτῳ μ᾽ ἔδωκας ἐς χέρας ποτέ;

ΗΛ. ποίῳ; τί φωνεῖς;

OP. οὗ τὸ Φωκέων πέδον ὑπεξεπέμφθην σῇ προμηθίᾳ προμηθίαι προμηθείαι προμηθία προθυμίᾳ χεροῖν. 1350

ΗΛ. ἢ ἡ κεῖνος οὗτος ὅν ποτ᾽ ἐκ πολλῶν ἐγὼ μόνον προσεῦρον πιστὸν ἐν πατρὸς φόνῳ;

ΟΡ. ὅδ᾽ ἐστί, μή μ' ἔλεγχε πλείοσιν λόγοις.

ΗΛ.

Ὀρέστης πῶς οὖν ἔχει τἀντεῦθεν εἰσιόντι μοι;

Παιδαγωγός καλῶς· ὑπάρχει γάρ σε μὴ γνῶναί τινα. 1340

Ὀρέστης ἤγγειλας, ὡς ἔοικεν, ὡς τεθνηκότα.

Παιδαγωγός εἷς τῶν ἐν Ἅιδου μάνθανʼ ἐνθάδʼ ὢν ἀνήρ.

Ὀρέστης χαίρουσιν οὖν τούτοισιν; ἢ τίνες λόγοι;

Παιδαγωγός τελουμένων εἴποιμʼ ἄν· ὡς δὲ νῦν ἔχει, καλῶς τὰ κείνων πάντα, καὶ τὰ μὴ καλῶς. 1345

Ἠλέκτρα τίς οὗτός ἐστʼ, ἀδελφέ; πρὸς θεῶν φράσον.

Ὀρέστης οὐχὶ ξυνίης;

Ἠλέκτρα οὐδέ γʼ ἐς θυμὸν φέρω.

Ὀρέστης οὐκ οἶσθʼ ὅτῳ μʼ ἔδωκας εἰς χέρας ποτέ;

Ἠλέκτρα ποίῳ; τί φωνεῖς;

Ὀρέστης οὗ τὸ Φωκέων πέδον ὑπεξεπέμφθην σῇ προμηθίᾳ χεροῖν. 1350

Ἠλέκτρα ἦ κεῖνος οὗτος, ὅν ποτʼ ἐκ πολλῶν ἐγὼ μόνον προσηῦρον πιστὸν ἐν πατρὸς φόνῳ;

Ὀρέστης ὅδʼ ἐστί· μή μʼ ἔλεγχε πλείοσιν λόγοις.

But how shall I find matters there within?

OLD M Well. You are shielded by their ignorance. 1340

OR That means you have delivered me as dead.

OLD M Alone of dead men thou art here above.

OR Doth this delight them, or how went the talk?

OLD M I will report, when all is done. Meanwhile, Know, all is well with them, even what is evil. 1345

EL Who is this, brother? I beseech thee, tell.

OR Dost not perceive?

EL I cannot even imagine.

OR Know’st not into whose hands thou gav’st me once?

EL Whose hands? How say you?

OR His, who through thy care Conveyed me secretly to Phocis’ plain. 1350

EL What! is this he, whom I, of all the band, Found singly faithful in our father’s death?

OR He is that man. No more!

EL

Wie steht es aber, wenn ich eingetreten dort?

Der Pfleger. Sehr wohl; das Schicksal fügt es, das Niemand dich kennt.

Orestes. Du brachtest, denk' ich, Kunde wohl von meinem Tod?

Der Pfleger. Ein Mann des Todes, wisse, bist du jenen dort. 1310

Orestes. Sie freu'n sich wohl darüber? Nun, was sagen sie?

Der Pfleger. Nachdem's gethan ist, red' ich: wie die Sachen steh'lu, Geht Alles gut mit ihnen, auch was übel ist.

Elektra. Wer ist der Mann hier, Bruder? Bei den Göttern, sprich!

Orestes. Ihn kennst du nicht mehr? 1315

Elektra. Nicht entsinnen kann ich mich. 1315

Orestes. So weißt du nimmer, wem du mich einst übergabst?

Elektra. Wem? Was erwähnst du?

Orestes. Dessen Arm mich ehedem, Dank deiner Vorsicht, ingeheim nach Phokis trug.

Elektra. Wie? Sener ist es, welchen ich aus Vielen einst Allein getreu erfunden bei des Vaters Tod? 1320

Orestes. Der ist es: aber frage nun nicht weiter mehr.

Elektra.

May I with safety ? Is all well within ?

Governor None can suspect you. 1340

Orestes Spake you of my death As we determined ?

Governor Living as thou art, They do account thee one among the dead.

Orestes

Then how will things inside stand when I enter?

Paedagogus

All is well. The fact is that no one will know you.
1340

Orestes

You have reported me as dead, I presume?

Paedagogus

Know that here you are a man numbered with the shades.

Orestes

Do they rejoice, then, at the news? Or what do they say?

Paedagogus

I will tell when all is completed. Meanwhile,

all is favorable for us on their part, even that which is not favorable.
1345

Electra

Who is this, brother? By the gods, tell me.

Orestes

Do you not know who he is?

Electra

No, nor can I imagine.

Orestes

Do you not know the man to whose hands you gave me once?

Electra

What man? What do you mean?

Orestes

I mean him, by whose hands and through your forethought

I was secretly conveyed away to Phocian soil.
1350

Electra

Is this he in whom alone out of many I once found a true ally at the time of our father’s murder?

Orestes

This is he; question me no further.

ΠΑ.

καλῶς· ὑπάρχει γάρ σε μὴ γνῶναί τινα.
1340

ΟΡ.

ἤγγειλας, ὡς ἔοικεν, ὡς τεθνηκότα.

ΠΑ.

εἷς τῶν ἐν "Αιδου μάνθαν ἐνθάδ᾽ ἂν ἀνήρ.

ΟΡ.

χαίρουσιν οὖν ἐν οὖν τούτοισιν; ἢ τίνες λόγοι;

ΠΑ.

τελουμένων εἴποιμ᾽ ἄν· ὡς δὲ νῦν ἔχει,

καλῶς τὰ κείνων τἀκείνων πάντα, καὶ τὰ μὴ καλῶς.
1345

ΗΛ.

τίς οὗτός ἐστ᾽, ἀδελφέ; πρὸς θεῶν φράσον.

ΟΡ.

οὐχὶ ξυνίης;

ΗΛ.

οὐδέ γ' εἰς θυμὸν φέρω.

ΟΡ.

οὐκ οἶσθ᾽ ὅτῳ μ᾽ ἔδωκας ἐς χέρας ποτέ;

ΗΛ.

ποίῳ; τί φωνεῖς;

OP.

οὗ τὸ Φωκέων πέδον

ὑπεξεπέμφθην σῇ προμηθίᾳ προμηθίαι προμηθείαι προμηθία προθυμίᾳ χεροῖν.
1350

ΗΛ.

ἢ ἡ κεῖνος οὗτος ὅν ποτ᾽ ἐκ πολλῶν ἐγὼ

μόνον προσεῦρον πιστὸν ἐν πατρὸς φόνῳ;

ΟΡ.

ὅδ᾽ ἐστί, μή μ' ἔλεγχε πλείοσιν λόγοις.

Ὀρέστης

πῶς οὖν ἔχει τἀντεῦθεν εἰσιόντι μοι;

Παιδαγωγός

καλῶς· ὑπάρχει γάρ σε μὴ γνῶναί τινα.
1340

Ὀρέστης

ἤγγειλας, ὡς ἔοικεν, ὡς τεθνηκότα.

Παιδαγωγός

εἷς τῶν ἐν Ἅιδου μάνθανʼ ἐνθάδʼ ὢν ἀνήρ.

Ὀρέστης

χαίρουσιν οὖν τούτοισιν; ἢ τίνες λόγοι;

Παιδαγωγός

τελουμένων εἴποιμʼ ἄν· ὡς δὲ νῦν ἔχει,

καλῶς τὰ κείνων πάντα, καὶ τὰ μὴ καλῶς.
1345

Ἠλέκτρα

τίς οὗτός ἐστʼ, ἀδελφέ; πρὸς θεῶν φράσον.

Ὀρέστης

οὐχὶ ξυνίης;

Ἠλέκτρα

οὐδέ γʼ ἐς θυμὸν φέρω.

Ὀρέστης

οὐκ οἶσθʼ ὅτῳ μʼ ἔδωκας εἰς χέρας ποτέ;

Ἠλέκτρα

ποίῳ; τί φωνεῖς;

Ὀρέστης

οὗ τὸ Φωκέων πέδον

ὑπεξεπέμφθην σῇ προμηθίᾳ χεροῖν.
1350

Ἠλέκτρα

ἦ κεῖνος οὗτος, ὅν ποτʼ ἐκ πολλῶν ἐγὼ

μόνον προσηῦρον πιστὸν ἐν πατρὸς φόνῳ;

Ὀρέστης

ὅδʼ ἐστί· μή μʼ ἔλεγχε πλείοσιν λόγοις.

OLD M

Well. You are shielded by their ignorance.
1340

OR

That means you have delivered me as dead.

OLD M

Alone of dead men thou art here above.

OR

Doth this delight them, or how went the talk?

OLD M

I will report, when all is done. Meanwhile,

Know, all is well with them, even what is evil.
1345

EL

Who is this, brother? I beseech thee, tell.

OR

Dost not perceive?

EL

I cannot even imagine.

OR

Know’st not into whose hands thou gav’st me once?

EL

Whose hands? How say you?

OR

His, who through thy care

Conveyed me secretly to Phocis’ plain.
1350

EL

What! is this he, whom I, of all the band,

Found singly faithful in our father’s death?

OR

He is that man. No more!

Der Pfleger.

Sehr wohl; das Schicksal fügt es, das Niemand dich kennt.

Orestes.

Du brachtest, denk' ich, Kunde wohl von meinem Tod?

Der Pfleger.

Ein Mann des Todes, wisse, bist du jenen dort.
1310

Orestes.

Sie freu'n sich wohl darüber? Nun, was sagen sie?

Der Pfleger.

Nachdem's gethan ist, red' ich: wie die Sachen steh'lu,

Geht Alles gut mit ihnen, auch was übel ist.

Elektra.

Wer ist der Mann hier, Bruder? Bei den Göttern, sprich!

Orestes.

Ihn kennst du nicht mehr?
1315

Elektra.

Nicht entsinnen kann ich mich.
1315

Orestes.

So weißt du nimmer, wem du mich einst übergabst?

Elektra.

Wem? Was erwähnst du?

Orestes.

Dessen Arm mich ehedem,

Dank deiner Vorsicht, ingeheim nach Phokis trug.

Elektra.

Wie? Sener ist es, welchen ich aus Vielen einst

Allein getreu erfunden bei des Vaters Tod?
1320

Orestes.

Der ist es: aber frage nun nicht weiter mehr.

Governor

None can suspect you.
1340

Orestes

Spake you of my death

As we determined ?

Governor

Living as thou art,

They do account thee one among the dead.

Orestes

And are they glad ? What say they ?

Governor

By-and-by

We'll talk of that ; let it suffice that all

Is right within ; and that which most they think so,
1345

May prove most fatal to them.
1345

Electra

[pointing to the Governor]. Who is this ?

Orestes

Do you not know ?

Electra

I cannot recollect him.

Orestes

Not know the man to whom you trusted me !

Under whose care

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ELF.CTRA.

Eleo. Wlion ? ho^v ?

Orestes

To Phocis sent,

I 'scaped the tymnt.
1350

Electra

Can it then be he,

Among the faithless only faithful found

When our dear father fell ?

Orestes

It is the same.

Orestes

How, when I enter, shall I find the state

Of things within? Na botal Ioved modT