The second as the token of my grief;[[402]]

For mine it was not, father, being by,

Over thy death to groan, nor yet to stretch

My hand forth for the burial of thy corpse.

[As he speaks, Electra, followed by a train of

captive women in black garments, bearing libations,

wailing and tearing their clothes, comes

forth from the palace

What see I now? What company of women

Is this that comes in mourning garb attired?