Euripides, Stasimon Chorus from Orestes (408 B.C.E.)

You wild goddesses who dart across the skies
seeking vengeance for murder, we beg you to free
Agamemnon's son from his raging fury....
We grieve for this boy. Happiness is brief among mortals.
Sorrow and anguish sweep down on it
like a swift gust of wind on a sail boat,
and it sinks under the tossing seas.

[maxgreenluvr]

This is surprisingly good recording quality for 408 BC

[Mike_Traceur]

only kids from c. 400's BC Remember this

[visceralfate]

God I love the internet! I have learned to appreciate so many new things that I otherwise would've never had a chance to experience.

[LostSkyrimNoob]

I wanted to hear this after reading about it in an article and now I am feeling stressed


But I still love it

[beebert]

The women of Argos are imploring the gods to have mercy on Orestes, who murdered his mother Clytemnestra six days before the play began. He had plotted with his sister Electra to punish their mother for infidelity to their father, Agamemnon. The chorus begs that Orestes be released from the madness that has overwhelmed him since the murder.

[PatraGR]

"Orestes Pursued by the Furies" by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

[zxlrxv]

Contexto: la canción habla de que orestes asesino a su madre, y sintiendo culpa era comúnmente perseguido por las furias por ser culpable y el dolor, la obra pertenece a euripedes

[beebert]

The English translation:

"You wild goddesses who dart across the skies seeking vengeance for murder, we implore you to free Agamemnon's son from his aging fury. We grive for this boy. Happiness is brief among mortals. Sorrow and anguish sweep down on it like a swift gust of wind on a sloop, and it sinks under the tossing seas."

[ZotDudot]

I can hear a little Black Sabbath in there.

[SammySarzoza]

Who's here for fun and not for homework?

[jjjj-ulxr]

Translation in description is not a translation of this work but something entirely different.

Actual Translation:

I lament, I lament -- the blood of your mother that drives you insane. Great fortune is not lasting among mortals. Shaking like the sail of a swift ship, some divine power floods it with the rushing, destructive waves of terrible toils like waves from the sea.

[caitfoom]

This is way less out there than I remember it being in first year university. Neat!

[gigawhite]

special thanks to the photographer that went back in time to take this picture

[carlosnicolasgallegos]

No puede creer que una canción de hace millones de años atrás sea mejor que las actuales

[wesleychan]

Story: Wife cheated and killed her husband. Son enraged, killed his mother to revenge his father. Women in his area implore God to have mercy on him.this music = women of Argosson = Orestesfather = Agamemnon

[countandra]

Coolest homework assignment of study EVER. XD

[EmmettDoyleDDR]

That reminded of ancient paintings of people not wearing clothing at that time for me.

[cubeeva]

creepy music-history class homework :S

[Mcgif]

It somehow sometimes nds so ancient yet so modern like broadway. Especially with the motifs

[viviana]

This teaches me alot about music! I can sing it.