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ORESTES.

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Menelaus.

And Argos—how on thy deed looketh she?


Orestes.

I am hated so, that none will speak to me.


Menelaus.

Cleansed are thine hands, as bids the law, from blood?


Orestes.

Barred from all homes am I whereto I seek.[1]⁠430


Menelaus.

Who of the citizens would banish thee?


Orestes.

Oiax[2]—for Troy-born hate against my sire.


Menelaus.

Ay so—to avenge Palamedes' blood on thee.


Orestes.

Not mine the deed. I am trebly overmatched.


Menelaus.

What other?—be they of Aegisthus' friends?⁠435

  1. ↑ Hence he had not yet been purified, as this must be done in the unpolluted house of another, by the blood of victims and running water.
  2. ↑ Brother of Palamedes. See Helen, l. 767.
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