Tuesday, November 21, 2017
A Pious Prayer
Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 122-123 (tr. Alan H. Sommerstein):
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ELECTRA
And is this a righteous thing for me to ask of the gods?
CHORUS
How could it not be—to return your enemy evil for evil?
ΗΛΕΚΤΡΑ
καὶ ταῦτά μοὔστιν εὐσεβῆ θεῶν πάρα;
ΧΟΡΟΣ
πῶς δ᾿ οὔ, τὸν ἐχθρόν γ᾿ ἀνταμείβεσθαι κακοῖς;
