Orest. Why, while she lived, did'st thou to chase her fail?
Chor. The man she slew was not one of blood with her.[[517]]
Orest. And does my mother's blood then flow in me?
Chor. E'en so; how else, O murderer, reared she thee
Within her womb? Disown'st thou mother's blood?
Orest. [Turning to Apollo.] Now bear thou witness, and declare to me,
Apollo, if I slew her righteously;
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For I the deed, as fact, will not deny.
But whether right or wrong this deed of blood