Aeschylus - The Eumenides (Lines 593-611) lyrics

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Aeschylus - The Eumenides (Lines 593-611) lyrics

Leader: Answer count for count, charge for charge. First, tell us, did you k** your mother? Orestes: I k**ed her. There's no denying that. Leader: Three falls in the match. One is ours already. Orestes: You exult before your man is on his back. Leader: But how did you k** her? You must tell us that. Orestes: I will. I drew my sword - more, I cut her throat. Leader: And who persuaded you? who led you on? Orestes: This god and his command. (Indicating Apollo.) He bears me witness. Leader: The Seer? He drove you on to matricide? Orestes: Yes, and to this hour I have no regrets. Leader: If the verdict brings you down, you'll change your story quickly. Orestes: I have my trust; my father will help me from the grave. Leader: Trust to corpses now! You made your mother one. Orestes: I do. She had two counts against her, deadly crimes. Leader: How? Explain that to your judges. Orestes: She k**ed her husband - k**ed my father too. Leader: But murder set her free, and you live on for trial. Orestes: She lived on. You never drove her into exile - why? Leader: The blood of the man she k**ed was not her own.