The Eumenides
A Lyrico-Dramatic Spectacle
ἄλγεα
Πολλὰ μἀλ᾽ ὃσσα τε μητρὸς Ἐριννύες ἐκτελέουσιν.
Odyssey xi. 289.
My solitude is solitude no more,
But peopled with the Furies.
Byron.
Persons
The Pythoness of the Temple of Apollo in Delphi.
Apollo.
Hermes (Mute).
The Shade of Clytemnestra.
Chorus of Furies.
Pallas Athena.
Judges of the Court of Areopagus (Mute).
Convoy of the Furies.
Scene—First at Delphi in the Temple of Apollo; then on the Hill of Mars, Athens.