Can't Wait to See You My "Darling"

Good news…Troy is in the hands of the Achaeans. That means Agamemnon is coming home and I will be able to carry out my plan. However, the Chorus does not believe me. They think that I am dreaming. How dare they scorn my intelligence! They should be thanking the gods for this reported victory, instead they are asking me to repeat my announcement. Why are they so insistent on having proof?

Anyways, I told him that Hephaestus, the fire god, sent the beacon to beacon. It traveled like this:
1. Ida to the rock of Hermes in Lemnos.
2. Hermes to Zeus’s crag of Athos (Mount Athos).
3. It traveled across the sea to Macistus.
4. Macistus to Messapion.
5. It travels over the waters of Euripes.
6. Over the plain of Asopus to Cithaeron’s rock.
7. Beyond the lake of the Gorgon face (western half of the Saronic Gulf) to the mountain of the wandering goats (the mountain to the island of Aegina).
8. Then it goes to Mount Arachnaion and down to the house of Atreidae.

I repeated again that Troy is in the hands of the Achaens. I told them that the citizens of Troy (those that are alive) mourn for their family. Not only that, they have been kicked out of their houses and suffer from the frost and dew beneath the sky. I expressed my pretended fear that I am afraid that Agamemnon and his army might commit excess in which this might spur divine vengeance. They could be “vanquished by the love of gain” even before they return home.
Oh…this is perfect. I will have the gods support when I kill him. I can hardly wait! All be right back…let me make sure that everything is set and ready to go.

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Okay everything is set, except we ran out of Jasmine. I had to ask one of my servants to get another bottle. No worries, Agamemnon won’t be here for another hour. Anyways, when he comes home, I will persuade him to walk on the crimson tapestry, another act that will spur the gods of vengeance. He will be “vanquished” by his hubris once he goes inside the house. There he will be allured by the smell of Jasmine in his favorite bath. Then I will make my move. Ha ha ha (Evil laugh).

Wait, who do I see? It’s the Herald (he went to war with Agamemnon). I hope he brings news that Agamemnon is on his way. Be right back. I must first raise a jubilant cry to my people that the city of Troy is conquered and that their king is on his way back (I did what the watchman originally instructed me to do so).

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Afterward, I went straight to the Herald. Man, I can’t believe it. The Chorus asked him to repeat the story about the sack of Troy. But I already told them about this news! How much more proof do they want? I feel like the Chorus does not trust me because I am a woman. But I shall prove otherwise soon.

I gave a message to the Herald to tell my husband that I, after all these years, have remained faithful to him. Everything is the same as when he had left and that there are no surprises.

I can't wait! Agamemnon, you'll finally get what you deserve after killing our daughter. Revenge is within my reach. Hurry up already Agamemnon. I am like a lioness waiting for her prey. I hear the chariot approaching. I will go to my room and tell Aegisthus to be silent. May the gods be on our side tonight.