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Libation Bearers (119-123)

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Pray that some divinity or some mortal may come to them
Electra
As judge or as avenger, do you mean?
Chorus
Say in plain speech, One who will take life for life.
Electra
And is it right for me to ask this of the gods?
Chorus
How could it not be right to repay an enemy with ills?

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