Ἐν νόστῳ δ᾽ απόλοντο κακῆς ἰότητι γυναικός.”

“Greeks that ’scaped the Trojan war-cry, and the wailing battle-field,

But home returning basely perished by a wicked woman’s guile.”

Homer, Odys. xi. 383-4.

PERSONS

Watchman.

Chorus of Argive Elders.

Clytemnestra, Wife of Agamemnon.

Herald.

Agamemnon, King of Argos and Mycenæ.