Athena.
(to the Furies)
Speak ye the first, ’tis wiseliest ordered thus,
That, who complains, his plaint set forth in order,
Point after point, articulately clear.
Chorus.
Though we be many, yet our words are few.
Answer thou singly, as we singly ask;
This first—art thou the murderer of thy mother?
Orestes.
I did the deed. This fact hath no denial.