Stasimon 2
[Episode]
Then, going to meet my mother, give her my message.
Old man
So that the very words will seem to have been said by you.
Electra
Your work begins at once; you have drawn the first lot in the slaughter.
Orestes
I would go, if some one would show me the way.
Old man
Yes, I can escort you myself, not against my will.
670
Orestes
O Zeus, god of my fathers, be also the vanquisher of my enemies—
Electra
And have pity on us; for we have suffered pitiably—
Old man
Yes, indeed, have pity on your own descendants.
Electra
And Hera, you who rule Mycenae’s altars—
Orestes
Give us victory, if we are asking for what is right.
675
Old man
Yes, indeed, give them the right of vengeance for their father.
Orestes
You too, father, living below the earth through an unholy deed—
Electra
And Lady Earth, to whom I give my hands—
Old man
Defend, defend these, your dearest children.
Orestes
Now come and bring with you all the dead as allies.
680
Electra
Those who destroyed the Trojans in war with you—
Old man
And all who hate the unholy and polluted.
Electra
Do you hear me, you who suffered dreadful things from my mother?
Old man
Your father hears everything, I know; but it is time to be on our way.
Electra
And I tell you therefore that Aegisthus is to die; if you fall dead in the struggle, I am also dead, do not count me as alive; for I will strike my heart with a two-edged sword. I will go indoors and make things ready there.
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