Stasimon 5
[Choral 2]
Stab her doubly, if you can!
1415
Clytaemnestra
Ah, wounded again!
Electra
Would that Aegisthus, too, were wounded!
Chorus
The curses bring fulfillment: those who are buried live.
For men long dead are draining their killers’ blood in a stream of requital.
1420
And now they are here! The red hand drips with sacrifice to Ares, and I cannot blame the deed.
Electra
Orestes, what happened?
Orestes
All is well within the house,
if Apollo’s oracle spoke well.
1425
Electra
The miserable woman is dead?
Orestes
Have no more fear that your haughty mother will ever again trample on your rights.
Chorus
Quiet! For I see Aegisthus in plain sight.
Electra
You, young men, get back inside!
1430
Orestes
Where do you see the man?
1430
Electra
He is at our mercy walking from the suburb, full of joy.
Chorus
Go with all speed to the vestibule, so that, just as your first task prospered, so this one again may prosper now.
Orestes
Have courage. We will accomplish it.
1435
Electra
Hurry, then, to wherever you wish.
Electra
Things here will be my concern. Exeunt Orestes and Pylades, into the house.
