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Aeschylus, agamemnon Disguised as friend, weave the mesh straitly round him, Not to be overleaped, a net of doom? This is the sum and issue of old strife, Of me deep-pondered and at length fulfilled. All is avowed, and as I smote I stand With foot set firm upon a finished thing! I turn not to denial: thus I wrought So that he could nor flee nor ward his doom. Even as the trammel hems the scaly shoal, I trapped him with inextricable toils, The ill abundance of a baffling robe; Then smote him, once, again--and at each wound He cried aloud, then as in death relaxed Each limb and sank to earth; and as he lay, Once more I smote him, with the last third blow, Sacred to Hades, saviour of the dead. And thus he fell, and as he passed away, Spirit with body chafed; each dying breath Flung from his breast swift bubbling jets of gore, And the dark sprinklings of the rain of blood Fell upon me; and I was fain to feel That dew-- not sweeter is the rain of heaven To cornland, when the green sheath teems with grain. Elders of Argos--since the thing stands so, 88
Aeschylus, agamemnon I bid you to rejoice, if such your will: Rejoice or not, I vaunt and praise the deed, And well I ween, if seemly it could be, 'Twere not ill done to pour libations here, Justly-- ay, more than justly-- on his corpse Who filled his home with curses as with wine, And thus returned to drain the cup he filled. LEADER I marvel at thy tongue's audacity, To vaunt thus loudly o'er a husband slain. CLYTEMNESTRA Ye hold me as a woman, weak of will, And strive to sway me: but my heart is stout, Nor fears to speak its uttermost to you, Albeit ye know its message. Praise or blame, Even as ye list,-- I reck not of your words. Lo! at my feet lies Agamemnon slain, My husband once-- and him this hand of mine, A right contriver, fashioned for his death. Behold the deed! CHORUS chanting Woman, what deadly birth, 89
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