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Euripides, Electra (ed. E. P. Coleridge), line 1238 (search)
t you have not acted justly, and Phoebus, Phoebus—but I am silent, for he is my lord; although he is wise, he gave you oracles that were not. But it is necessary to accept these things. As to what remains, you must do what Fate and Zeus have accomplished for you. Give Electra to Pylades as his wife to take to his home; but you leave Argos; for it is not for you, who killed your mother, to set foot in this city. And the dread goddesses of death, the one who glare like hounds, will drive you up and down, a maddened wanderer. Go to Athens and embrace the holy image of Pallas; for she will prevent them, flickering with dreadful serpents, from touching you, as she stretches over your head her Gorgon-faced shield. There is a hill of Ares, where the gods first sat over their votes to decide on bloodshed, when savage Ares killed Halirrothius, son of the ocean's ruler, in anger for the unholy violation of his daughter, so that the tribunal is most sacred and secure in the eyes of the gods
Euripides, Electra (ed. E. P. Coleridge), line 1321 (search)
. For in me and in the Olympians there is pity for much-suffering mortals. Orestes I shall no longer see you! Electra Nor will I draw near your sight! Orestes These are my last words to you. Electra Farewell, my city! And a long farewell to you, my fellow-countrywomen! Orestes Are you going already, most faithful one? Electra I am going, my tender eyes wet with tears. Orestes Go, Pylades, and be happy; marry Electra. Dioskouroi Marriage will be for them to think of. But go towards Athens, seeking to escape these hounds of hell, for they are pursuing you fearfully, the dark-skinned ones, with snakes for hands, holding a reward of dreadful pains. But we two must go in haste over the Sicilian sea to rescue the seagoing ships. As we go through the plains of the air, we do not come to the aid of those who are polluted; but we save and release from severe hardships those who love piety and justice in their ways of life. And so, let no one wish to act unjustly, or set sail with