PEDAGOGUS [to Clytaemnestra]: Greetings to you, my lady. I come here from a friend of yours with happy news for you and lord Aegisthus. CLYTAEMNESTRA: Greetings, stranger. I will hear your news. But first I need to know the one who sent you. PEDAGOGUS: Phanoteus from Phocis asked me to bring you an important message. CLYTAEMNESTRA: What message, stranger? Since it’s from a friend, I’m sure you will be bearing pleasant news. PEDAGOGUS: My message is brief: Orestes has been killed. ELECTRA: O no! No! For me that means disaster! I’m ruined! Today my life is over! CLYTAEMNESTRA: What was that? What did you say, stranger? Don’t listen to her! PEDAGOGUS: What I just said and now repeat is this—Orestes has been killed. ELECTRA: This is the end for me! I am no more! CLYTAEMNESTRA [to Electra]: