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.