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Chorus
[823] Where are the thunderbolts of Zeus, or where the [825] shining Sun, if they look upon these things and quietly cover them over? Electra
ah, me, ah, me! Chorus
My child, why do you weep? Electra
Oh! Chorus
[830] Give no cry of bad omen! Electra
You will break my heart! Chorus
How do you mean? Electra
If you suggest that I keep hope for those who have surely passed to Hades, [835] you will trample even harder upon me as I waste away.
Sophocles. The Electra of Sophocles. Edited with introduction and notes by Sir Richard Jebb. Sir Richard Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1894.
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