The House of Atreus: Being the Agamemnon: Libation-bearers and Furies of EschylusMacmillan and Company limited, 1904 - 185 pages |
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Ægisthus Æschylus Agamemnon altar Apollo Areopagus Argive Argos ATHENA Atreus avenge bade bear Behold beneath blood blow breast CASSANDRA chant child CHORUS CLYTEMNESTRA curse dark dead death deed dishonoured doom dost doth drama dwell earth Edited ELECTRA erst eyes F. T. PALGRAVE fair fate father fear fell Furies gods hail halls hand hast hate hath hear heart heaven hell Hephæstus HERALD honour House of Atreus Justice king land Libation-Bearers lord matricide mighty mortal mother mother Night murder Mycenae o'er ORESTES pain palace Phocis Pleisthenes pray prayer robe Selected and arranged Seven against Thebes shalt shed shrine sire slain slay slayers sleep slew smite soul speak speech stand sway sword tale tears tell thee thine thing thou thro Thyestes toil tongue translation Trilogy Troy unto vengeance wail well-a-day woman's word wrath wrong Zeus
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