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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 [1290] to her rescue, will attack the palace. spoken
Keep a better look-out; it is not a contest of sitting still; turn about, some here, some there. Chorus
sung
[1295] I am looking everywhere in turn along the road. Helen
within
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. Electra
sung
[1300] 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.
Euripides. The Complete Greek Drama, edited by Whitney J. Oates and Eugene O'Neill, Jr. in two volumes. 2. Orestes, translated by E. P. Coleridge. New York. Random House. 1938.
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