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EURIPIDES.
Orestes.
How shall I slay together him and her?
Electra.
Even I my mother's slaying will prepare.
Orestes.
Good sooth, for his shall Fortune smooth the path.
Electra.
This man shall minister to us in both.
Old Man.
Yea. How wilt thou contrive thy mother's death? 650
Electra.
Go, ancient, say to Klytemnestra this—
Report me mother of a child, a male.
Old Man.
Long since delivered, or but as of late?
Electra.
Within these ten[1] days—purifying's space.
Old Man.
Yet—to thy mother how doth this bring death? 655
- ↑ Adopting the reading δέχ᾽ for λέγ᾽. The ceremony of purification was performed on the tenth day.
