AGAMEMNON
A LYRICO-DRAMATIC SPECTACLE
“Ὁι Τρώων μεν ὑπεξέφυγον στονόεσσαν ἀϋτὴν
Ἐν νόστῳ δ᾽ απόλοντο κακῆς ἰότητι γυναικός.”
“Greeks that ’scaped the Trojan war-cry, and the wailing battle-field,
But home returning basely perished by a wicked woman’s guile.”
Homer, Odys. xi. 383-4.