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?