pylades and orestes it's rotten work

She's taken 3 plays concerning justice and vengeance and timed around the return of Agamemnon and Menelaus from Troy and combined them into a continuity. No, mother don’t release those horrible women! Today is the day when they’ll all vote whether we are to die by stoning or by someone’s sword, specially sharpened for the task. Chorus It is this crime that Orestes, Agamemnon’s son is hunted by the Furies and pricked with fits of insanity. Menelaos What a man to conduct the holy ceremonies! It was the other way round. Suddenly Orestes begins to behave irrationally, responding to phantoms, his eyes becoming wild with extreme distress. You may keep your daughter Hermione. black posters. I want to show the world I am your friend and that I have come to help you in your most dire hour. The rock that swings and spins from golden chains between the Heavens and Earth! Pain and grief accompanies his every move and every word. Will you kill my daughter? I needed this sleep. Bad snake man! Not if it's you. It was he who encouraged me to perform it. Which day, exactly? That is something you cannot deny, so I, too, now should die with both of you two. 840. Menelaos Was not the murder of your mother enough for you? Menelaos So, the mother killer will go on killing! Orestes Well, then shut up and take what’s coming to you. He is here now and the proof of what I’m telling is that he has brought Helen here as well. If that were possible I’d do it! Orestes Yes, but what has this got to do with our affair? These fits leave me paralysed. Exit Hermione with the basket of libations. See See Nicephori Gregorae Byzantina Historia, ed. Some men falling down, killed, some men nearly falling down killed and some other men killed. Work with him, he ’ s screwed Iphigenia and her brother Orestes to. Save my life as he has saved yours and I will be far more content. You are one of those fearsome bitches who hold me by the waist and want to hurl me into the hell of Tartarus! Menelaos Haven’t they cleansed your hands of the blood, according to our custom? But I hope they won’t wake up my brother from his gentle sleep because then his frenzied fits will start and I’ll start crying all over again. Elektra Scratches her face with her nails 960. 370. Friends are closer! Pylades Tell them what, Orestes? So, the time for my last breaths is near! 340. For @gingerrose-hub's GingerRose Week 2021 • Day 7 ↳ Honeysuckle: The bonds of love. The raw power of every single one of these lines is indescribable but I'm definitely considering getting a physical copy so I can make annotations. #there's-so-much-lost-if-you-just-read-one-translation . Why are you pacing back and forth like this? An unjust god uttered an unjust command to him. 260. Chorus You have the power to help him, Menelaos! No easy creature to love to orestes pylades rotten work with him, he ’ s.... Who writes this blog, is the story of Iphigenia and her brother Orestes she holds delusions! 1340. Swear or you’ll see the sharp end of this! Chorus It’s not a virtue but a sin to do such impious deeds. all wrapped up in beautiful writing & depth like . Follow. Orestes Well then, make no decision until you hear me out. Orestes You, Pylades did not murder your mother, like I, the poor fool, have done! Therefore it isn't easy to just, Anne Carson always seems to know what she's doing. He is no more than a miserable corpse. I was quick to obey them but they are slow offering their help. Leave the obscure mutterings to the unwise. An Oresteia ( trans ’ s you. Sweet speeches, speeches that lack wisdom may persuade the people but they are also a great menace to the whole city whereas speeches which carry good, intelligent advice are always of benefit to the city; a benefit that one can’t see straight away but will see it in the long run. I mean were the original plays written in a highly polished 'intellectual' style, did they sound like how people on the street talked? Fortunate is the man whose children are good! I think that’s the full extent of my thinking. The scene is set rather dramatically around an empty, central plinth on which the two defendants' fate rests. She has just gone off to our mother’s grave. What need do we have of friends if the gods bless us with good fortune? Found inside – Page 1"This is a collection of free translations from the ancient Greek poet Callimachus, whose surviving work includes the Aitia, a narrative elegy; the Iambi, short poems on occasional themes; and the Hecale, a small-scale epic. She came first and she brought him here. Incompletely. The Age Of Bronze. Elektra, what is it? Anne Carson always seems to know what she's doing. it'd make a wonderful introduction to greek tragedy, particularly the Oresteia area. Elektra Our uncle, Menelaos has come. By then, Menelaos would have seen his wife’s blood-soaked corpse so he might think about letting us go. Help for you, my Lord. Menelaos Oh, no, my boy! Obviously he’s got hopes set on becoming the king of this land as well. Menelaos But no one who loves his mother! I think Carson previously did this with 4 plays by Euripides, and I'm telling myself I should look into them. This book traces the history of revolutionary movements in nineteenth- century Russia, ending with the great famine of 1891-92, by which time Marxism was already in the ascendant. Not the best selection of plays about the Atreidae, and I prefer Aeschylus' trilogy instead of this edition for which the editor cherry-picked one play by each of the three major tragedians to replace the ones by Aeschylus, keeping the first one by him (I suspect only because there is none other with the same subject). The god of prophesy who lives in the very centre of the earth, the god whose oracles are the clearest guides to all the mortals. Not if it's you." ― Anne Carson, Euripides tags: an-oresteia, orestes. My dear uncle, the whole of Greece knows how much you love your wife and I’m not saying this just to flatter you, my uncle but, in Helen’s name, uncle, I beg you, in Helen’s name – 669. The blessed Tantalus –a blessedness which I do not begrudge him- who, as I’ve been told, is the son of Zeus –the very son of Zeus, mind- and yet, there he is, suspended from the clouds and trembling with fear, lest a huge rock, hanging over his head, falls on him! This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. Afraid to say anything to you, old sir, because I’m quite certain that no matter what I say, no matter what words I use, I will cause you – I will cause your heart, great pain. Planning and planning like quiet snake! They won’t let me hold on to my life, uncle! Either that, or make yourselves their slaves, which is absolutely the wrong thing to do. She is now happy with me… but I’m a bit anxious. I can’t wait to take Menelaos’ hand and shake it. Pay no attention to the crowd and feel no shame. Even your own brother has betrayed me. I just called him Pilates. 4. You have produced a daughter who has destroyed me. Still I do grieve for my sister, Klytaemestra! I am allowed but I am just a bit ashamed to show myself to the people of Argos. Orestes True, there might be tears. 440. Sharing of rarities from Russian Romanticism/ Neo-Romanticism. Helen! Big strong man. The whole work concluded with Apollo talking from multiple TV screens. from Instagram tagged as Love Meme I will display to the city my honourable blood by plunging the sword through my heart and you must act just as bravely. white posters. You have slaughtered your mother and so you must be hated by the gods -and so you are punished! ESTELLA COLLINS STAND ALONE STRANGER THINGS SEASON 1-3 COVER BY: @BonitaRogue . This was just so good. romance posters. How are you dealing with all this? It was wrong of him to do that but he did it because he wanted to right the wrongs committed by your wife. Menelaos, listen to me and heed my words well because I’m about to act upon them! Iphigenia is standing on the right beside the altar. He has just witnessed Helen’s murder so he is terrified. Friends are more reliable than blood relatives! Here she's limited a bit because the emotion the language generates is already prescribed. its rotten work posters. No doubt a punishment for murdering my mother. You inhabit the world of the Dark Night, father but I have suffered much injustice because of you, because I have committed a deed of virtue. Elektra They say that there’s no ill, nor pain, nor grief that is sent by the gods, the weight of which cannot be endured by the soul of a mortal. He killed her and by that action he also killed himself! It started in Troy, continued with Agamemnon's death. Orestes himself barely escaped his mother's ire. He’ll soon soften his rage. You just lie down on your couch, here, and try not to be too alarmed by the terrors and dreads that chase you away from it. It is enough that I have killed my own mother! Why? No more pursuing vengeance. What made him do a thing like that? From the Palace we hear the sound of a door-bolt being pulled back and the creaking of the door opening. It’s stupid to even think of it! Menelaos Grief, ey? Od. Pylades You must hope then that that’s how the people will see it, too. Chorus The gods have delivered the Justice due to Helen. Not if it's you <3. It’s that man there whose wisdom is blunted! 21. 5 stars for Agamemnon, 4.5 for Elektra, and 2 for Orestes (sorry, Euripides!). And then, there’s also the fact that this city, Argos, has decreed a law which says that, because we are matricides, it is forbidden for anyone to give us a place by his fireside or to shelter us under his roof or even talk to us! Don’t ever step on Spartan soil. I will do that to prevent you from getting it! Phrygian Because, my Lord. These hands will murder these murderers and send them to meet my wife in Hades! in films, we are voyeurs, but in novels, we have the experience of being someone else: knowing another person's soul from the inside. Pylades No, I won’t. Elektra But it would be a way of repaying her dead aunt for looking after her all these years. None of them are alive and I’ve been away, troubled by many ordeals, for many years. Orestes breaks away violently from Elektra’s grip. Better for you to have help, my Lord! This was an interesting read. After a minute or so Orestes tries to raise again. Enter Hermione SR carrying the empty libation basket. 450. In this misery, our words replace our children and our marriage bed! 889. He and only he will do as he pleases with our end. Phrygian When we hear the noise of killing – ai, ai, ai! Greeks and Phrygians, too, she killed! The feathered arrow is all ready and waiting in my far-shooting bow! Pylades later became the husband of Orestes… He cuts a fine figure, the warm-blooded, prosperous man, solidly entrenched in his well-being, who one fine day … Orestes: It’s rotten work. Tyndareus, though disgusted with Orestes, motions him to go on. Thank you, dear, you have convinced me. It was because of her reckless behaviour, because of the fact that she had murdered my father that I became my mother’s killer. No, It’s not at all right that Menelaos’ life prospers while your father’s, yours and your sister’s lives are put to death unjustly. Well then, since die we must, then let us find some way to make Menelaos suffer the same misfortune. Four of us, out of the same, heaven-cursed mother, who had snared her husband inside the folds of a huge piece of cloth and then murdered him! Orestes For gods’ sake, woman! His life is destined to be blessed. That’s big swear, not small! Despite an unfortunately forced usage or two (Helen described as a “weapon of mass destruction” as the most egregious example—though her actions did launch a thousand ships and most of the men on it and the city they besieged were reduced to dust), this is a masterpiece of a translation. Has he come here as a beacon of hope to save us from all our troubles? Our mother brought her up, while Helen was in Troy. Then the men run for Hermione! Zeus’ daughter is immortal and so she will go on living in that sky, along with her brothers, Kastor and Polydeuces, a star that will be of great help to the sailors. Menelaos And you? Enter Elektra from the Palace. They run around everywhere and some say no, it’s all right, not trap and other men say yes, this is trap for daughter of Tyndareus. 1060. How would I excuse myself at Delphi? He did wrong by mustering the whole of the Greek army and went to Troy. The news about the unholy murder of Klytaemestra, the daughter of Tyndareus himself! Here she's limited a bit because the e. I'm serving 2 interests here: one in classical Greece, the other in Anne Carson. He’ll alert the our enemies, girls. Menelaos And Apollo gives no support now? By fronting up to them I will avoid looking like a coward. How are you managing with your brother, there, Orestes? 100. Bad, bad, terrible bad Helen. Orestes If this could be done then I wouldn’t mind dying twice! Pylades Well said. Orestes That would be a great joy but, my dear sister, you can see how few of our family are left. She gone now! The chorus splits into two groups, each guarding one side of the stage. 790. Elektra Yes, I did! Leave your palace and get away from here! Then, Agamemnon married Klytaemestra -another famous personage in Greece- from which couple emerged us three daughters: Chrysothemis, Iphigeneia and I, Elektra; as well as a son, this one here, Orestes. He won’t even eat! 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