Stasimon 2
[Choral 1]
Where are the thunderbolts of Zeus, or where the
Chorus
shining Sun, if they look upon these things and quietly cover them over?
825
Chorus
My child, why do you weep?
Chorus
Give no cry of bad omen!
830
Electra
You will break my heart!
830
Electra
If you suggest that I keep hope for those who have surely passed to Hades,
you will trample even harder upon me as I waste away.
835
Chorus
No, for I know that the prince Amphiaraus was ensnared by a woman’s chain of gold and
swallowed up. And now beneath the earth—
Electra
ah, me, ah, me!
840
Chorus
—He reigns supreme with the wits of the living.
Chorus
ah, me, indeed! For the murderess—
Electra
I know it; I know it. For a champion arose to avenge the grieving dead. But for me no champion remains: he who yet remained has been snatched clean away.
[Choral 2]
Unhappy are you, unhappy your destiny!
Electra
How well I know that, all too well, with my life swept through all the months by abundant terrors and horrors!
850
