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Orestes
I threw my cloak over my eyes, and began the sacrifice by plunging the sword into my mother's throat. Electra
And I urged you on and [1225] put my hand to the sword together with you. Chorus
You have done the most dreadful of deeds.
Euripides. The Complete Greek Drama, edited by Whitney J. Oates and Eugene O'Neill, Jr. in two volumes. 2. Electra, translated by E. P. Coleridge. New York. Random House. 1938.
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