Yet Phoebus, Phoebus--but, my king is he;
I will be silent: yet, though wise, he gave
To thee response not wise; but I must praise
Perforce these things. Thou now must do what Fate
And Jove decree.
Electra is to marry Pylades, and Orestes to flee to Athens and be
purified by the Court on the Hill of Mars: Apollo assisting. Orestes'
future life is foretold [thus working out various details of the
Orestes legends].--With awe Orestes, Electra, and Chorus enter into
converse with the gods, and the word is confirmed. They failed to
avert the trouble from their house on account of dire Fate and 'the
voice unwise of Phoebus from his shrine.' There has been a Demon
hostile to Electra's parents.--Then the brother and sister's thoughts
turn to the life-long separation, and the painful wandering, sorrows
e'en to the gods mournful to hear. Farewell to Argos: the Gods hurry
Orestes away for the Furies are already on his track, and conclude:
To the impious thro' the ethereal tract
We no assistance bring: but those to whom
Justice and sanctity of life is dear,
We from their dangerous toils relieve and save.
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