Clytemnestra Monologue from The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes

From The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes by Aeschylus

female · defiant · 1:04 min

Thou likewise, come within! I speak thy name, Cassandra; (CASSANDRA trembles, but continues to stare in front of her, as though not hearing CLYTEMNESTRA.) seeing the Gods—why chafe at them?— Have placed thee here, to share within these walls Our lustral waters, ’mid a crowd of thralls Who stand obedient round the altar-stone Of our Possession. Therefore come thou down, And be not over-proud. The tale is told How once Alcmêna’s son himself, being sold, Was patient, though he liked not the slaves’ mess. And more, if Fate must bring thee to this stress, Praise God thou art come to a House of high report And wealth from long ago. The baser sort, Who have reaped some sudden harvest unforeseen, Are ever cruel to their slaves, and mean In the measure. We shall give whate’er is due. (CASSANDRA is silent.)

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