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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: PART II: ORESTES S, EIGHT YEARS LATER. On THE LEFT, THE PALACE OF PELOPS. Ox The Right, Trees And Bowlders. In The Middle Background The Mound Of The Grave Of Agamemnon, And Beyond The Plain Of Argos. The Choephori, Bearing Libation Cups And Funeral GarLands, FILE OUT OF THE PALACE AND GROUP THEMSELVES IN TWO SEMI- CHORUSES TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT OF THE MOUND. Scene I. Callirhoe, Ismena. Chorus Of Choepiioiii. CALLIRHOE: Upon this grave, revered by all the tribes Of Hellas, mournful sisters, let us lay Beside the votive cups of hallowed wine Our wistful blossoms, tribute dear to those That are no more. They lay down the cups and garlands.] And now the rites demand That sweet Electra, sprung of royal blood, With cypress wreathed and bay, shall duly pour A full libation unto him that dwells A sceptred shade in Hades. Thus the Queen, The heartless, impious Queen, at last o'erwhelmed With black remorse, hath ordered. For, 'tis said, Unholy visions rise to haunt her sleep That every night her husband's gory face Dwells in her eyeballs, yea, that oftentimes Half-smothered groans and doleful sobs are heard In Pelops' hall. ISMENA; May Hades hear them, too So may she die. CALLIRHOE: What guilty pangs must tear That tortured soul For, though the teeth of flame Devour murdered flesh, the spirit still Will rise unconquered, seeking, day and night, Unfailing retribution. ISMENA: Mother Earth, Aghast to feel her children's blood, forbids Her streams and all her circling seas to cleanse That hand which did a murder. Like a wolf Caught in a pitfall, trembling lies the Queen In fear of what must come; for those that read Dark portents, say that near and nearer treads Her day of reckoning. Her doom is sure. CALLIRHOE: But we, poor..
| ISBN-13 | 9780217526463 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217526462 |
| Weight | 0.19 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.11 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 48 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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