“Come, some quick death, but rack me not with pain, Nor keep me long abed; Let me thy opiate drain; That brings the eternal sleep”
~ ‘Agamemnon’ by Aeschylus (G. M. Cookson translation. p67. line 1448)
Cassandra continues talking to the Chorus and reveals the details of Agamemnon’s imminent murder and her own death. She also foretells Orestes’s future vengeance. She is reluctant to enter, saying that the house smells of blood, but she enters the palace nonetheless. A little while after she enters, the Chorus hears Agamemnon’s cry. They realize that the deed is done but are unsure what to do. They discuss amongst themselves, with each person suggesting some different action while time passes, and they end up doing nothing except standing there.
In the next scene, Clytemnestra is shown standing over the bodies of Agamemnon and Cassandra. She justifies her deed by saying that it is a masterpiece of justice and that she has avenged her daughter’s death. The Chorus is shocked by her lack of remorse and says that a thousand curses shall blight her soul for her deed. Clytemnestra says that Agamemnon deserved it since he lusted after every woman in Troy and his house was already cursed because of his father’s ill deeds.