Stasimon 5
[Episode]
Have courage; you will go
Dioskouroi
to the holy town of Pallas; only hold out.
1320
Electra
Clasp me to your breast, my dearest brother; for the curse of our mother’s blood is separating us from our father’s home.
Orestes
Throw your arms in close embrace about me. Lament as if I were dead, over my grave.
1325
Dioskouroi
Alas! You have said things terrible even for gods to hear. For in me and in the Olympians there is
pity for much-suffering mortals.
1330
Orestes
I shall no longer see you!
Electra
Nor will I draw near your sight!
Orestes
These are my last words to you.
Electra
Farewell, my city!
And a long farewell to you, my fellow-countrywomen!
1335
Orestes
Are you going already, most faithful one?
Electra
I am going, my young eye wet with tears.
Orestes
Go, Pylades, and be happy; marry Electra.
1340
Dioskouroi
Marriage will be for them to think of. But go towards Athens, seeking to escape these hounds of hell, for they are pursuing you fearfully,
the dark-skinned ones, with snakes for hands, holding a reward of dreadful pains. But we two must go in haste over the Sicilian sea to rescue the seagoing ships. As we go through the plains of the air,
1345
we do not come to the aid of those who are polluted; but we save and release from severe hardships those who love piety and justice in their ways of life. And so, let no one wish to act unjustly,
1350
or set sail with perjurers; as a god, I give this address to mortals.
1355
Chorus
Farewell! Any mortal who is able to fare well, and is not worn down by any misfortune, achieves happiness.
