The altar, too, where Hellene blood is shed.
Pylades.
How like long hair those blood-stains, tawny red!
Orestes.
And spoils of slaughtered men—there by the thatch.
Pylades.
Aye, first-fruits of the harvest, when they catch
Their strangers!—'Tis a place to search with care.
(He searches while Orestes sits.)
During this search, Orestes, in a speech addressed to Apollo, explains why they are there, and expresses hopelessness at their ever accomplishing the will of the god, and even suggests their turning back. But Pylades encourages him and bids him take courage, for, he says,
Danger gleams
Like sunshine to a brave man's eyes, and fear
Of what may be is no help anywhere.