In thee the royal house. Electra! Why,
When all is joyful here, dost thou lament?
Electra: My father lies within the palace, slain925
By Clytemnestra's hand. His son is doomed
To share his father's death. Aegisthus holds
The throne which he through guilty love has gained.
Strophius: Oh, happiness that never long endures!
Electra: By all thy kindly memories of my sire,
By his proud scepter, known to all the earth,930
And by the fickle gods, I pray thee take