The Oresteia: Agamemnon, the Libation-Bearers & the Furies

Author:Aeschylus [Aeschylus]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General, Drama, Literary Criticism, European, Ancient & Classical
ISBN: 9780140443332
Publisher: PENGUIN group
Published: 2011-01-19T06:00:00+00:00

CASSANDRA:

Look out! look out!—

Ai, drag the great bull from the mate! -

a thrash of robes, she traps him -

writhing-

black horn glints, twists -

she gores him through!

And now he buckles, look, the bath swirls red-

There’s stealth and murder in the cauldron, do you hear?

LEADER:

I’m no judge, I’ve little skill with the oracles,

but even I know danger when I hear it.

CHORUS:

What good are the oracles to men? Words, more words,

and the hurt comes on us, endless words

and a seer’s techniques have brought us

terror and the truth.

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