The dramas of Eschylus Author:Aeschylus 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: The threads combining of the fatal plot. Now for myself 'twere glorious to die, Seeing this man entrapped in Justice' toils. Chorus. To honour insolence i... more »n guilt, gisthos, 1590 I know not;—that with purpose thou didst lull This man, thou boastest; of his piteous doom Sole author thou :—I tell theo thine own head To Justice brought, be sure shall not escape The curse of stoning by the people's hand. 2EGISTIIOS. Plying the lowest oar, dost menace us Who from the upper benches sway the helm ? Being old thou know'st how bitter at thy years Wisdom by stern necessity to learn. But bonds and hunger-pangs, to cure the mind Of stubborn eld, are skilful leeches found. 1600 Hast eyes, yet seest not this? Against the pricks Kick not, lest stumbling, thou shouldst come to grief. Chorus. Woman, house-mate to him from recent war Eeturn'd,—defilcr of thy husband's bed, Death thou didst plot against this warrior chief. .52SISTHOS. These words will fountains bo of bitter tears. Thy tongue the opposite to Orpheus is; For he drew all by rapture of his voice, While tliou, by idle bark, dost all things stir (To hate ; — when conquered, thou wilt tamer show. 1610 Chorus. Shalt thou be ruler of the Argivcs, thou, Who, when that thou hadst plotted this man's death, Didst courage lack to strike the blow thyself? To spread the snare was plainly woman's part, For I, his ancient foeman, was suspect ; But armed with this man's treasure, bo it mine To jule the citizens. Th' unruly colt That, barley-fed, turns restive, I will bind fWith heavier thong than yokes the trace-horse ; — him, Darkness' grim comrade, Famine, shall sec tamed. Chorus. This man why didst thou not, 0 base of soul, Slaughter thyself ? But him his wife, with thee, The...« less