An Oresteia: Agamemnon by Aiskhylos; Elektra by Sophokles; Orestes by Euripides

by Anne Carson

CHRYSOTHEMIS : Too bad you weren’t so resolved on the day Father died. You could have finished the task. ELEKTRA : Yes, I had the guts for it then, but no strategy. CHRYSOTHEMIS : Forget strategy—you’ll live longer.