soracities Euripides from “Orestes” An Oresteia trans Anne Carson Meme. Wife of Paris who shoots arrows good. Six days and he has yet to wash the blood off his skin. I know, to speak of such things, not only do I hurt her but I also hurt myself but still, I must speak of them. Chorus It’s not a virtue but a sin to do such impious deeds. Orestes, I'll fix things with the people here: I made you kill your mother, so it's only fair. “Pylades: I’ll take care of you. He was my last hope to escape the death that the Argives have in store for me. Chorus Torches! Can he not undo the pollution that he had caused me to commit in the first place? Well, people say that he’s paying for a sin he’s committed. Hermione No wonder the whole house is wailing with grief, then! Even if she had three throats to cut! Orestes There’s nothing more valuable than a firm friend! Let the citizens stone him to death or else never walk again of Spartan land! You have promised your sister, Elektra to your friend there, Pylades. That’s something that will give her some joy, something to keep her mind off her misery. Bad man this one. For him it is written that he must die by the sword of someone from Delphi when Neoptolemus goes there to demand from me satisfaction for the death of Achilles, his father. Menelaos What will they be voting on, your banishment or your life? Women will no longer be so bold as to try and get away with the murder of their husbands like my mother did, by asking by exposing their breasts to their children and soliciting their pity. Slimy and horrible! "It's rotten work." Not anywhere! Helen Ah! Darling, please take this basket of libations and this lock of my hair to your aunt’s tomb. She’s got Trojan slaves everywhere! Chorus A house destroyed by overwhelming misfortune. I cry barbary tongue. Neither your noble birth, nor Apollo who sits upon his tripod will be of any help to you now. 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