May all trials end in triumph
To the suppliant pair!
Orestes.
Father, who died not as a king should die,
Give me to rule, as thou didst rule, these halls.
Electra.
My supplication hear, thy strong help lend me,
Scathless myself[n37] to work Ægisthus’ harm.
Orestes.
Thus of the rightful feasts that soothe the Shades