Orestes But you may catch my disease as well. 950. Orestes Ah! Poor Klytaemestra! An evil beast, thunderous lightning shooting out of his evil eyes! If our kinship means anything to you –good or bad- do not protect this man from being stoned to death. Now if only God would be as frugal with the disasters he sends upon me! They say, this is tricky trap, catch Helen. Suddenly Orestes begins to behave irrationally, responding to phantoms, his eyes becoming wild with extreme distress. Pylades I dread to think what their verdict will be, Orestes! Greece is just too small a place for her! What man’s wisdom is more blunted than that of that man there? They’ll be taken good care of. It’s been six days now that the corpse of his murdered mother was committed to the cleansing pyre. Helen Because it’s not proper for young girls to be seen in public. I must confess I was a little scared, But all ends well, and now I heed thy words. Uncle, after what I’ve done, I’m terribly afraid, ashamed, to meet Tyndareus! Run like wild mad men, like Dionysus men with no holy wands, they stop with Helen and run for little girl and they take her and run back again for to Helen, to daughter for Zeus but Helen is nowhere! 190. Don’t move from under this blanket. And then I run away and I don’t know what happens after. I know, to speak of such things, not only do I hurt her but I also hurt myself but still, I must speak of them. Zeus changed the course of the Pleiades, all seven stars, Eris then sends death in pursuit of death to the generations of Atreus. 1621. Chorus We’re moving all about and watching the roads carefully. They come and they help me sing my sad laments. Men, I order you to smash this door so that I can go inside and, at least rescue my daughter from the hands of these murderers and take one last look at my poor wife. Menelaos So why aren’t you running away –jumping the border? I can take care of myself quite well, thank you! Well then, since die we must, then let us find some way to make Menelaos suffer the same misfortune. Now, this is all well and good for understanding Vicky’s parallelism with Orestes & Pylades, Achilles & Patroclus, and Enjolras & Grantaire and explains the dynamic well enough, but. Orestes Yes, uncle. Chorus Torches! Elektra Of course, you do know Helen’s daughter, don’t you? You say I should be stoned for committing these acts but let me tell you that these acts have brought a great benefit to Greece. 100. The deed would not bring him back to life but I, I would go on, for the rest of my life, suffering this madness! Apollo! He was just a farmer. I think that’s the full extent of my thinking. Big purple cloth. You are making me cry with this sad litany of my troubles! Him, other one, is good friend of other one. Big helmet with three big plumes. What went on in your mind when your mother –your very own mother!- bared her breast to you and in tears begged you not to murder her! Orestes But, Pylades, why should you die along with me? PYLADES: Don’t let that trouble you! Pylades He says I am polluted because I have helped you with the murder of your mother. Enough crying now! Unwashed like the hair of a savage! See! Orestes A murder which, uncle, I had nothing to do with. Do not prefer the company of criminals to those who live by the law! A grave one, they say. Bury us there, together. Unending, unconquerable circle of pain that runs its violent course through the veins of the two sons of Atreus! See to it that our bodies are covered with the shroud and then carried to our father’s tomb. Perhaps you ought to walk a bit. I must save your life. Menelaos A million pains, heaped upon a million pains! What will we do with them? Phrygian My Lord, my Lord, move the sword away a little! Pylades No courage to stand by you then, ey? Neoptolemus who thinks that he will marry her will not do so. That’s not a very wise thing to do, that one! Chorus Don’t kill me, my son! There was your brother with his friend, Pylades heading our way. Not in the house! He has endangered his own body for you just like a worthy brother should. She came first and she brought him here. What he’s done, however is to earn the same fate as his mother. Elektra Death! Orestes His silence says “yes.” I’ll say it for him. Not concerned about anything? Pylades In any case, my friend, if they do kill you, you will die a more noble death. Orestes Wise or not, mortals are the slaves of the gods. You and your ever-towering arrogance! Listing Series. Chorus Let Orestes, Lord Agamemnon’s boy, shed this raging madness from his mind! They hide before, under their purple cloths, and then they look this way and then that way, everywhere look to see if anyone there, looking to them. I am the son of Agamemnon. Friends are better than family! Short little gasps, they are. 110. Menelaos So these are the goddesses who attack you with madness because you’ve shed kindred blood. It was he who has delivered us this fatal blow! It’s stupid to even think of it! Even your own brother has betrayed me. Not if it’s you. Orestes She’s got them all in there, holding her scent jars and mirrors! Either that, or make yourselves their slaves, which is absolutely the wrong thing to do. Uncle, I have made my plea to you. s60 They mean to kill you and your sister What's going on? This shameless mother killer is trying to escape his own death by causing totally destruction to your whole city! Orestes O, have no fear of these women, Pylades. 911. I believe I have the answer to our escape! 1110. Your good brain has saved you. Is he any better? ORESTES: You will not shrink, then? What murderous struggle makes you go on, you poor boy? I hated her because she had betrayed her husband while he was fighting a war, a General to the whole of the Greek army. I first heard of the murder of Agamemnon by his wife, when I was anchoring at Cape Malea. He shout to us: “Go away,” he say like madman. After what he has said, I have no idea which of the two to take. Talk, sister. It was a vile act and one which I’ll never condone. Orestes Yes, it is I. I, the man who has killed his mother! Six days and he has yet to wash the blood off his skin. Orestes Helen? Darling, please take this basket of libations and this lock of my hair to your aunt’s tomb. For now, my friend, farewell. You may keep your daughter Hermione. That you’ve done something noble and just? “Go away! When the masses get wild with anger, when they can feel the power of their madness, efforts like this are like trying to quench a fire that went amok! Ah! My friend, you have helped me when I sought justice from Aegisthus and you have remind by my side even when danger was all around me. übernehmen [sich um etw. I left this palace for Troy when he was but a baby in his mother’s arms, so I wouldn’t be able to recognise him now. 180. No. You must kill yourself, Elektra, by your own hand and by any means you choose. I have run away from death! Look here comes, Tyndareus, the old Spartan, hurrying his poor old legs. Calm down and stop frightening the poor girl. Putting her seal on every one of our possessions! And you, Menelaos. I needed this sleep. Menelaos Grief, ey? Pick up your arms and run over here quickly! Orestes Well, I can stand in front of them and tell them –. 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. Big arms run around earth? Now, wipe away this horrible froth from my mouth and eyes. Orestes Yes, my friend, Pylades. Orestes No. And those who won’t be silent, we’ll kill! He places an arrow in the bow and stretches the string threateningly. ELECTRA is discovered alone. Menelaos Did you get anything out of that deed? Exit Hermione with the basket of libations. Let the citizens of this city kill him; or else, never step on the soil of my country. Chorus Yes, yes. Phrygian By my life, my Lord! You won’t bend them, Menelaos and you won’t be able to get inside to rescue anyone. Viele übersetzte Beispielsätze mit "i will take care of it" – Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch und Suchmaschine für Millionen von Deutsch-Übersetzungen. He takes the imaginary bow from the attendant. Chorus Did it belong to Thyestes or to Atreus? 700. Of avenging your father’s murder? 251. Not for the whole ten years of it for one day. If it’s good news, then you will please me but if they’re bad, no don’t tell me. So, don’t say that the deed was evil. I see you in front of death’s pyre, my brother! 859. There’s no one on the road. Orestes Of course because my deed was just. I wasn’t there to witness that horrible deed of yours, these old eyes are flooded with tears at the very thought of it! Hermione No wonder the whole house is wailing with grief, then! Because of what I have done, acts which you call dreadful, I have put a stop to this practice. Elektra Orestes. Orestes But, Pylades, what if the Argives will kill you along with me? If only both of our bodies were buried in the same coffin, made of cedar! Chorus It was the ancient curse, born out of an ancient dispute about a golden lamb! They would exile him. Agamemnon, kinsman to my father, hear my pleas also and save your children! Pylades It’s a very different story when their leaders are wise, though…. It was wrong of him to do that but he did it because he wanted to right the wrongs committed by your wife. Ah! To the other group. A jury was convened. Menelaos Of course I am. How are you dealing with all this? One is son of big man General. Ah! That is something you cannot deny, so I, too, now should die with both of you two. Messenger It so happened, my lady that I had just gone to town to see if I could find out news about you and your brother. No, don’t turn away from me! Phrygian When we hear the noise of killing – ai, ai, ai! What is this illness of yours? So, one man run away, another man, fall dead, one other one big wound and one more, fall on the ground and beg for to save his life. Messenger The Pelasgians have just cast their vote. I am not surprised and I’m not blaming him for them. Don’t ever step on Spartan soil. Menelaos But no one who loves his mother! Suddenly Orestes moves, then slowly sits up. Big strong man. From the Palace we hear the sound of a door-bolt being pulled back and the creaking of the door opening. Of course, you will tell me that what I ask of you is impossible. What can I, a woman do, alone? Bad, bad, terrible bad Helen. Anne Carson, Euripides > Quotes > Quotable Quote. 360. Friends are more reliable than blood relatives! That should work to your advantage. 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. I will live and die along with you. Orestes and Pylades Series Metadata. 490. Oh, my good mother Earth! I thought it was a good speech but the crowd wasn’t convinced and when the hands were counted, it was that arrogant loud mouth who had won the vote. Helen How long has been lying on that couch like that? My fortune is truly, as bad as it can get but yours, my uncle, you have arrived here, in the greatest of fortunes, so, please, share it with me. You are one of those fearsome bitches who hold me by the waist and want to hurl me into the hell of Tartarus! But with all my power I’ll defend the law to put an end to this bestial killing, which always destroys the land and city. No, I came out here to stop all your shouting. 1260. "I'll Take Care of You" is a song written by Brook Benton and originally recorded by Bobby Bland in 1959. Chorus He’ll tell us what is going on inside. Come. Elektra You ask about Orestes? Chorus Paris, who dragged all Hellas to Troy! Braver war man. The law! The little girl that Menelaos brought here from her home in Sparta, for my mother to look after her. None of them are alive and I’ve been away, troubled by many ordeals, for many years. But his friend, other lion, Phocian lion, did other thing. 790. Who told him to do that? Bad Helen! I will think myself a fortunate man if I can achieve even one of my aims but if I can manage to escape death while I perform these killings, then, well, that will be the answer of all my prayers. Hermione, darling, come out here, please! Chorus How is he? Pain and grief accompanies his every move and every word. Some new troubles? Orestes Royal sceptre? Orestes No, I was outside waiting for her bones to be gathered. I thought things were going well for them but then, a sailor told me the other piece of dreadful news. He’s hurrying towards us to enter the trial of his life!”, And so I looked in his direction and saw a sight that I wish the gods had never let me see! Then, Orestes, with great difficulty, managed to convince them all not to have you two killed by stoning but to accept his promise that by the end of this day you will both die by his own hand. It just might do me some good and even if it doesn’t it still would better than lying here like this. Elektra, what is it? Barbary men cry, ai, ai, ai! 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. A most dreadful journey! My father did wrong for your sake also, Menelaos. Orestes And how will that help us three? Hermione. Menelaos Was not the murder of your mother enough for you? They’re getting ready for it now! So she go. Pylades: I’ll take care of you. Oh! Don’t keep all this great fortune to yourself. Is this right? Did you see that? Die in silence? Pylades But I have! Obviously you think nothing of the debt you owe to my father! Not suicide! Helen Ah! You know that. Barbary blood of my kings, all everywhere on ground. His sister, Elektra sits by his side, comforting him and fixing the cloak that covers him. Chorus This is the fountain of the curse: Pain for pain! Don’t kill it with mine. The bolts across that door are strong. For six days he’s been laying there, under his cloak, burning with fever or, whenever the fever eases a bit, he starts crying. 482. This is the last time my eyes see you, my brother! Friends, men outside your family, strangers who understand your pain and sympathise with it. The feathered arrow is all ready and waiting in my far-shooting bow! If only the gods had not robbed me of the deed! I will do that to prevent you from getting it! Helen Could you go to my sister’s tomb for me, please, Elektra? Your death, my brother, has cut your life so short! So tell me, young ladies, where is Orestes, that poor boy who got himself into this horrible mess. But do pay back the debt you owe to my poor father. Pylades Your thinking is far from mine, Orestes! Buy 'Pylades and Orestes I'll Take Care of You' by Freshfroot as a Hoodie (Pullover) Sell your art. I want to show the world I am your friend and that I have come to help you in your most dire hour. Orestes I’m afraid that the goddesses might send me into a fit of madness again. I know things look bad. Pelasgian Argives, they are murdering me! It is your mind that sees these horrors, not your eyes. Even if she had three throats to cut! Orestes So, what should I do? Orestes Oeax. Blessed are those mortals who have married well. Elektra Well, he’s still alive but his breathing is getting slower. Tyndareus, though disgusted with Orestes, motions him to go on. Lower your voice even more. Menelaos What will they be voting on, your banishment or your life? But let me jump over the events that follow that one and get onto the fact that Atreus married Aerope of Crete. Elektra Stay back, girls! I beat my head in honour of the young goddess who rules the world below! I saw Ajax outside Priam’s gates. That voice I heard and thought was thine, Was (now I know) a demon's voice. So, anyway, I saw a crowd rushing up to Danaus’ Hill. PYLADES: Shrinking is a great offence in a friend. I am choking with tears and groans of pain, uncle! For use by any theatrical, educational or cinematic organisation, however, including a non-commercial one, permission must be sought. He turns to enter the palace. “Be patient, my boy, be careful…”. After all, my own mother raised you, darling. Watch the anger of the masses. 570. Now is the time you should be living, my brother but now is the time you must die! His wife has given him his last bath. I will do whatever is in my power to protect the law! Angry and with his sword high! Helen! It’s been a long time! You look like a wild beast with this filthy hair! Who’s responsible for this? They are being terrible to me and the whole city listens to them. Pylades You’re in dreadful trouble then, my friend. 1360. Orestes But of course. These are the deeds of maddened fools and criminals. I understand your thinking there. Elektra Noble women of Pelasgian Mycenae…, Chorus Of course, we can still call you “Lady,” in this city of the Danaans! Come, let me take you inside so you can join our battle! Maybe this is trap for Helen. Then I could tell my sorrows to Tantalus himself! Not anywhere! Definition of Pylades in the Definitions.net dictionary. Don’t move from here. Pylades Better than if you stayed here, in silence. Pylades Yes, I can see that as a possibility. Encourage me, comfort me and I shall do the same when you are sighing and groaning with pain. Menelaos Then you are certainly not a lucky man! Please refer to our Privacy Policy. Eris, the goddess of strife changed the heavenly course of Apollo’s chariot, From East to West to Dawn with her snow-white horses. Menelaos Were you inside at the time they came or were you sitting by the pyre? 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. Your plan is good in every respect, Elektra but we do need to catch this traitor’s cub! Curse to him! Small words for enormous deeds. Watching us all the time! Menelaos Take your sword away from my daughter’s throat! Chorus Or before some Trojan slave of theirs comes and tells us the full story! Phrygian Yes, yes, my Lord. Save me! Orestes Frugal! Kill her. Orestes (Son of Agamemnon and Klytaemestra), Tyndareus (Father of Helen and Klytaemestra), Hermione (Daughter to Menelaos and Helen). 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