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Electra is working in the yard with her neighbours (the chorus of women) when Orestes - disguised as a messenger - arrives. At first she fears that he is a bandit, but he tells her that he comes with news of her brother. Electra, unaware that she is speaking to Orestes, asks the messenger how her brother fares, and shares the story of the crimes that have come to pass after their father’s death. During this conversation, Orestes learns that Electra shares his desire for vengeance on their
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ELECTRA (catching sight of ORESTES AND PYLADES) Ha! Friends, I break off my lament; yonder are strangers just leaving the place of ambush where they were couching, and making for the house. We must seek to escape the villains by flying, thou along the path and I into my cottage.
ORESTES Stay, poor maid; fear no violence from me.
ELECTRA O Phoebus Apollo I beseech thee
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