Agamemnon

Aeschylus

Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.

  1. Silence! Who is this that cries out, wounded by a mortal blow?
Agamemnon
  1. And once again, alas! I am struck by a second blow.
Chorus
  1. The deed is done, it seems—to judge by the groans of the king. But come, let us take counsel together if there is perhaps some safe plan of action.