Agamemnon.
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Agamemnon.
Deem not my sober purpose I will mar.
Clytemnestra.
Haply thou thus to act hast vowed in fear.
Agamemnon.
Final and sure my word as man e'er spake.
Clytemnestra.
What, thinkest thou, had Priam done if victor?
Agamemnon.
Purples, I ween, he verily had trod.
Clytemnestra.
Then stand not thou in fear of human blame. 910
Agamemnon.
Yet hath the people's rumour mighty power.
Clytemnestra.
Life envy-free is life unenviable.
Agamemnon.
'Tis not for woman to be fond of strife.
Clytemnestra.
But it becomes the fortunate to yield.
Agamemnon.
Does conquest in this struggle rate so high?
