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Æschylos Tragedies and Fragments

Note 385 — AGAMEMNON

E. H. (Edward Hayes) Plumptre translation

Incense was placed on the head of the victim. The Chorus tell Clytæmnestra that she has brought upon her own head the incense, not of praise and admiration, but of hatred and wrath, as though some poison had driven her mad.

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