Epeisodion 4
Orestes
Was it a fiend who spoke in the likeness of the god?
Electra
Seated on the holy tripod? I do not think so.
980
Orestes
I cannot believe that this oracle was well prophesied.
Electra
Do not become a coward and fall into unmanliness!
Orestes
Am I to devise the same crafty scheme for her?
Electra
The same death that you gave to her husband, Aegisthus.
Orestes
I will go in; it is a dreadful task I am beginning and I will do dreadful things. If the gods approve, let it be; to me the contest is bitter and also sweet.
985
