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Aulis & Argos Lines Flashcards

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Chorus Leader — … whom Paris carried off from the banks of reedy Eurotas.

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I sped my course, in my eagerness to see the soldiers’ camp. Next I sought the countless fleet, a wonder to behold

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Chorus — … His brother bieng with him in command, as a friend with friend.

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Some things I heard at home about the gathered host, whereof I still have a recollection.

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Agamemnon — … Alas! to what utter ruin Paris has brought me by his union with Helen!

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I pity her myself

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Menelaus — … A natural course for me; affection for my brother caused the change

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A generous speech, worthy of Tantalus, the son of Zeus! Thou dost not shame thy ancestry.

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Chorus — Happy they who find the goddess come in moderate might

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Sharing with self-restraint in Aphrodite’s gift of marriage

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Chorus — eager to take Helen and bear her back to Hellas

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Dragging men’s heads backward to cut their throats, and sacking the citadel of Troy from roof to base.

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Chorus — tightening the grasp on lovely tresses till the tears flow

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Oh! ne’er may appear to me or to my children’s children the prospect which Illium will have

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Clytaemnestra — and I, a woman, am come, as thou seest, to a camp of lawless sailor folk, wherefore if thou boldly stretch forth thine arm in my behalf, our safety is assured; but if thou withold it, we are lost.

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A wonderous thing is motherhood, carrying with it a potent spell, wherein all share, so that for their children’s sake they will endure affliction.

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And loudly cried the prophet Chiron, “Daugther of Nereus, thou shalt bear a son. A dazzling light to Thessaly; for he shall come with an army of spearmen to the far-famed land of Priam, his body cased in a suit of golden mail forged by Hephaestus”

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Where now does the face of modesty or virtue avail,

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and virtue is neglected by men and thrust behind them.

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Thou art right; no fear that fame will e’er desert thee!

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For thee fair streams of a father’s pouring and lustral waters are in store

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And grant that Agamemnon may wreathe his head with deathless fame, a crown of fairest glory for the spearmen of Hellas.

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Now things stand as they stand. What’s destined to come will be fulfilled

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I proclaim that prophecy made to our kings, as they were setting on their way, They got a happy omen—two eagles, kings of birds, appeared before the kings of ships. in a place where everyone could see. The eagles were gorging themselves, devouring a pregnant hare.

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But may no anger from the gods cast its dark shadow on our troops

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It’s clear whatever is to happen will happen, like tomorrow’s dawn. So let it be.

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We wait to hear your news, whether what you’ve heard is good or not.

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But we won’t object if you stay silent

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My queen, We’ll offer up to all the gods our prayers of thanks,

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Can you tell the news once more?

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The prophets in this house cried out, “Alas, alas for the house and home, Alas for the marriage bed, still holding traces of her body

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And back from Troy he ships cremated bodies of the dead, sent home for loved ones to lament

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Nonetheless, this sorrow spreads resentment against the leaders of the war. The sons of Atreus.

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This welcome fiery message has spread fast

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Who knows?

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Old violent aggression loves to generate new troubles among evil men. New violence springs forth, dark ruin on the home, like the destructiveness from which it sprang

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She turns her eyes away from gold-encrusted mansions where men’s hands are black

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Righteousness leads all things to well-deserved fulfillment

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Why does this sense of dread hover so around my heart with such foreboding?

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My own eyes tell me Agamemnon has returned. For that I need no further witness. But still, deep in my heart the spontaneous song keeps up its tuneless dirge, surging back and forth in tides of grim foreboding.

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It mutters in the dark, uneasy, holding little hope for any resolution.

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Such ominous words.

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We’ve hear about your fame in prophesy. But here in Argos no one wants a prophet.

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What Fury do you now invoke to shriek throughout this house? What you’ve just said makes me afraid.

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What good ever comes to men from prophecies? They talk of evil. All those skillful words ecourage men to be afraid of what the prophet chants.

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These vain prophetic cries of woe you chant, where do they start? How do you set some limit to the path, where what you see so ominously leads?

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What’s that? The words seem clear enough. You cruel fate strikes at me like a bloody fang. It hurts. My heart breaks to hear you chant your sorrows.

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When we’re doing well we all have scruples.

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You endure you suffering with courage I admire.

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What mortal human being who hears all this can boast they live a life unscarred by fate.

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I say we attack the house at once, catch them at it, swords still wet with blood

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Before we act, we must have clearer evidence.

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Woman, what Earth-grown poison have you eaten?

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You cast him off.

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So now you’ll be exiled from the city, a hateful thing to your own people.

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Blood-drenched murder has made you mad. That’s plain. Your eyes are full of blood.

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O spirit that falls upon this house, you overpower me through these two sisters, each with power like a man.

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Stretched out on this bed of shame.

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Struck down in treachery by the two-edged blade wielded by your wife.

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One disgrace exchanged for yet another, the struggle to decide is hard.

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Who can then cast from this house its self-perpetuating curse? This race is wedded to destruction.

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Until the men came back.

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You soiled a real man’s bed, then planned to kill our king

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