Excerpt from The Oresteia of Aeschylus

Having already published an Aeschylus in English Verse with Messrs. Kegan Paul, Trubner and Co., I should probably not have made the present attempt had it not been demanded from me. But 'Poscimur,' as Horace found, is a word of power. And it remains so even where, as in this case, neither Muse nor Lyre is called in aid. Being asked, and having time at my disposal, I did not like to refuse. And having 'tried both ways,' I find that each has its own advantage. If Verse comes nearer to the Spirit, Prose generally - though by no means always - keeps closer to the Words; and both forms between them may be said to hammer out some partial approximation to the great original.

A few preliminary pages have been added, that the English reader may be placed at the outset in a better position for appreciating the Poet's main intention.

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