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Libation Bearers (869-885)

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within Oh! Oh! O woe!
Chorus
Ah! Ah! Alas! What is happening? What is being accomplished for our house? Let us stand apart while the matter is still unsettled so that we may be considered blameless in these ills. For the issue of the fighting has now been decided. The Chorus withdraws to the side of the scene; then a servant of Aegisthus rushes in
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Servant
O woe, oh utter woe! My master is slain! O woe! I cry yet again, for the third time. Aegisthus is no more! Come, with all speed! Unbar and open the womens door! And a strong arm indeed is needed, but not to help him who is already slain: what good is there in that?
Help! Help! Am I shouting to the deaf and fruitlessly wasting my voice on people who are asleep? Where has Clytaemestra gone? What is she doing? Her own neck, near the razors edge, is now ready to fall beneath the stroke.
Clytaemestra hurries in unattended
Clytaemestra
What is this? What cry for help are you raising in our house?

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