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