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AGAMEMNON.
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Do I think this man's to be:
For did not himself a slavish curse
To his household decree?
But the scion of him, myself did nurse—
That much-bewailed Iphigeneia, he
Having done well by,—and as well, nor worse,
Been done to,—let him not in Hades loudly
Bear himself proudly!
Being by sword-destroying death amerced
For that sword's punishment himself inflicted first.
CHOROS.
I at a loss am left—
Of a feasible scheme of mind bereft—
Where I may turn: for the house is falling:
