Are they to bring their father's booty home.

Thus it is thine to see in me and her,

(I mean Electra) children fatherless,

Both suffering the same exile from our home.

Elect. And should'st Thou havoc make of brood of sire

Who at thine altar greatly honoured Thee,

Whence wilt Thou get a festive offering

From hand as free? Nor, should'st Thou bring to nought

The eagle's nestlings, would'st thou have at hand

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