im lying on the roof for a year waiting to see the beacon light:
I say the news aloud to Agamemnon's queen,
that she may rise up from her bed of state with speed
to raise the rumor of gladness welcoming this beacon (35-36).
The Watchman would welcome Agamemnon home, for he believes the kingdom is not being ruled as it should be. The Chorus of elders also yearns for the return of the king and would have followed him into battle had they not been too old. They also express the idea that certain events are inevitable, and though they do not say so here, this applies to the inevitability of the revenge Clytaemnestra and Aegisthus bring to the house of Atreus. The story of this house is
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