[The Erinnyes are seen in the background, visible
to Orestes only, in black robes, and with
snakes in their hair
Orest. Ah! ah! ye handmaids: see, like Gorgons these,
Dark-robed, and all their tresses hang entwined
With many serpents. I can bear no more.
Chor. What phantoms vex thee, best beloved of sons
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By thy dear sire? Hold, fear not, victory's thine.
Orest. These are no phantom terrors that I see: