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SCENE FROM THE EUMENIDES.[1]

(235—275.)

ORESTES. CHORUS OF THE THREE FURIES.

ORESTES APPEARS BEFORE THE SHRINE OF PALLAS AT ATHENS.

ΟΡ. Ἄνασσ' Ἀθάνα, Λοξίου κελεύσμασινΟΡ. Ἥκω, κ.τ.λ.
ORESTES.I seek thy shrine, Athenè, not unbiddenBy Power Divine. Apollo led my steps.But do thou, Mighty Goddess, look on meWith mercy; nor reject a suppliant,Accused indeed of murder, but to whomNow no pollution clings. My hands are clean,And offence is dulled and worn awayBy the long course of wanderings and woesWhich I, by Phœbus ordered, have endured.To whose behests obedient, I approachThine image, Goddess; and must here remainUntil my cause be finally adjudged.
  1. ↑ See Introductory Observations, at page 1.
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