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ELECTRA.

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Electra.

How art thou harmed, avenging thine own sire?


Orestes.

Arraigned for a mother's murder—pure ere this! ⁠975


Electra.

Yet impious, if thou succour not thy sire.


Orestes.

My mother for her blood must I requite.[1]


Electra.

And Him!—if thou forbear to avenge a father.


Orestes.

Ha!—spake a fiend in likeness of the God?—


Electra.

Throned on the holy tripod!—I trow not. ⁠980


Orestes.

I dare not trust this oracle's utter faith!


Electra.

Wilt thou turn craven—be no more a man?
Lo, I will lay the selfsame snare for her[2]
Whereby thou didst her spouse Aegisthus slay.

  1. ↑ i.e. Her avenging Furies will exact satisfaction from me.
  2. ↑ Retaining MS. ἀλλ᾽ ἦ, and ὑποστήσω.
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