Semichorus 2.
Helen's the wild shriek is, to guess thereat.
Electra.
O power of Zeus, of Zeus—Eternal power,
Come, aid my friends in this supremest hour!1300
Helen (within).
Husband, I die! So near, yet help'st thou not!
Electra.
Stab ye her—slay her—destroy!
Let them leap, the double-edged falchions twain,
From your grasp with a furious joy
Upon her who left husband and sire, who hath slain
Beside that river of Troy
Many a Greek by the spear who died,
When the tears fell fast for the iron rain
That flashed Skamander's eddies beside!1310
Chorus.
Hush ye, O hush: I hear a footfall pass
But now into the path that skirts the house.
Electra.
Belovèd dames, into the jaws of death
Hermionê cometh! Let our outcry cease:
For into the net's meshes, lo, she falls.1315
Fair quarry this shall be, so she be trapped.
Back to your stations step[1] with quiet look,
