Eurybates Clytemestra Chorus
Delubra et aras caelitum et patrios lares
post longa fessus spatia, vix credens mihi,
supplex adoro. vota superis solvite:
telluris altum remeat Argolicae decus
tandem ad penates victor Agamemnon suos,
Clyt.
Felix ad aures nuntius venit meas.
ubinam petitus per decem coniunx mihi
[p. 257]
annos moratur? pelagus an terras premit?
Evr.
Incolumis, auctus gloria, laude inclitus
reducem expetito litori impressit pedem.
Clyt.
Sacris colamus prosperum tandem diem
et si propitios attamen lentos deos.
tu pande vivat coniugis frater mei
et pande teneat quas soror sedes mea.
Evr.
Meliora votis posco et obtestor deos:
nam certa fari sors maris dubii vetat.
ut sparsa tumidum classis excepit mare,
ratis videre socia non potuit ratem.
quin ipse Atrides aequore immenso vagus
graviora pelago damna quam bello tulit
remeatque victo similis, exiguas trahens
lacerasque victor classe de tanta rates.
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