ELECTRA A monologue from the play by Sophocles NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from Dramas. Sophocles. London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1906. ELECTRA: Holy Light, with Earth, and Sky, Whom thou fillest equally, An how many a note of woe, Many a self-inflicted blow On my scarred breast might'st thou mark, Ever as recedes the dark; Known, too, all my nightlong cheer To bitter bed and chamber drear, How I mourn my father lost, Whom on no barbarian coast Did red Ares greet amain, But as woodmen cleave an oak My mother's axe dealt murderous stroke, Backed by the partner of her bed, Fell Ægisthus, on his head; Whence no pity, save from me, O my father, flows for thee, So falsely, foully slain. Yet I will not cease from sighing, Cease to pour my bitter crying, While I see this light of day, Or the stars' resplendent play, Uttering forth a sound of wail, Like the child-slayer, the nightingale, Here before my father's door Crying to all men evermore. O Furies dark, of birth divine! O Hades wide, and Proserpine! Thou nether Hermes! Ara great! Ye who regard the untimely dead, The dupes of an adulterous bed, Come ye, help me, and require The foul murder of our sire; And send my brother back again; Else I may no more sustain Grief's overmastering weight. Purchase this play! MORE MONOLOGUES BY SOPHOCLES

RELATED LINKS: Electra - Summary and analysis of the play by Sophocles. Sophocles - A biography. Sophocles - A biography. Sophocles Index - An index of articles related to the Greek dramatist. The Life of Sophocles - A chronological outline of the poet's life. Sophocles and his Tragedies - A biography of the Greek dramatist and analysis of his poetic qualities. Sophocles: Poems - An index of poems by the Greek poet. Purchase books by Sophocles Search eBay! or Abebooks for more books by Sophocles. Find more articles on SOPHOCLES:

MONOLOGUE INDEX Comic Monologues for Men  |  Comic Monologues for Women Dramatic Monologues for Men  |  Dramatic Monologues for Women Classical Monologues for Men  |  Classical Monologues for Women Monologues for Seniors  |  Monologues for Children BROWSE MONOLOGUES BY PLAYWRIGHT: [ A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z ]