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Libation Bearers (1007-1020)

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Alas! Alas! Sorrowful work! You were done in by a wretched death. Alas! Alas! And for the survivor also suffering blossoms.
1010
Orestes
Did she do the deed or not? No, this is my witness, dyed by Aegisthus sword. This is a stain of blood that helps time to spoil the many tinctures of embroidered fabric.
Now at last I speak his praises. Now at last I am present to lament him, as I address this web that wrought my fathers death.
Yet I grieve for the deed and the punishment and for my whole clan. My victory is an unenviable pollution.
1018
Chorus
No mortal being shall pass his life unscathed, free from all suffering to the end.
Alas! Alas! One tribulation comes today, another tomorrow.

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