His father's pride and state:

850

Such is the contest he,

Orestes, godlike one,

Now wages all alone,

The one sole combatant,[[450]]

In place of him who fell,

Against those twain. May victory be his!

Ægisth. [groaning within] Ah! ah! Woe's me!

Chor. Hark! hark! How goes it now?