I tell you the dead are killing the living. The Greek admits either meaning: the dead are killing the living man or the living man is killing the dead. 
 
 Clytaemestra Ah! Indeed I grasp the meaning of the riddle. We are to perish by treachery, just as we committed murder. Someone give me a battle-axe, and quickly! Let us know if we are victors or vanquished: for I have even come to this in this wretched business. Exit Servant. The door is opened and the corpse of Aegisthus is discovered. Nearby stands Orestes, and at a distance Pylades 
 
 Orestes It is you I seek. He over there has had enough.
 Clytaemestra Oh no! My beloved, valiant Aegisthus! You are dead!