10th Chorus.
First ask we this, if to have heard a groan
Gives a sure augury that the man is dead.
11th Chorus.
Wisdom requires to probe the matter well:
To guess is one thing, and to know another.
12th Chorus.
So wisely spoken.[n87] With full-voiced assent
Inquire we first how Agamemnon fares.
[The scene opens from behind, and discovers Clytemnestra standing over the dead bodies of Agamemnon and Cassandra.