The Oresteian Trilogy by Aeschylus

Author:Aeschylus
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: ePenguin
Published: 1973-07-25T16:00:00+00:00

Here is the story plain. There was dispute between

Atreus, Agamemnon’s father, who ruled Argos then,

And my father Thyestes, his own brother; whom

Atreus drove out from home and city. He came back;

Sat as a piteous suppliant at Atreus’ hearth;

Gained his request – in part : his own blood did not stain

His childhood’s home. But Atreus, this man’s father, gave

His guest, my father, a host’s gift; a gift more full

Of eagerness than love. He feigned a feasting-day,

And amidst lavish meats served him his own sons’ flesh.

The feet and the splayed fingers he concealed, putting

The other parts, unrecognizably chopped small,

Above them. Each guest had his table; and this dish

Was set before my father. He, m ignorance,

At once took that which prompted no close scrutiny,

And tasted food from which, as you now see, our house

Has not recovered. Then he recognized, in all

Its loathsomeness, what had been done. With one deep groan,

Back from his chair, vomiting murdered flesh, he fell;

Cursed Pelops’ race with an inexorable curse;

With his foot sent the table crashing wide, and screamed,

‘So crash to ruin the whole house of Tantalus !’

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