Hecuba, Orestes, and The Phoenician Women

the many the many mistress
The revered lady, the revered lady mistress original: "hē potnia... despoina"; a common tragic address to a goddess or high-ranking woman.

what are you doing? what body? where, who of the gods?
What being? What kind of body? From which of the gods?
or of mine you recognized you learned
And you have detected my [secrets].

PY And indeed, I see the inhabitants within. PY stands for Pylades, the faithful companion of Orestes.
the rest at the necessary [time]
briefly
OR The rest in due season. OR stands for Orestes, who is plotting his revenge.
by the slaves
By the slaves, O child, O ble—

EL Of a most wretched mother. EL stands for Electra, sister of Orestes.
I hear
Come out, come out of the house, O wretched woman!
murder so that you may take up
Murder, O child!

what a shout he stood in the dark
CH For many things are beyond—why do you cry out? What is new? CH refers to the Chorus, the group of onlookers who comment on the action.
you proclaimed
You proclaimed such a noise, not of revelry,
to strike with terror terror and poetic creation of the noise
... in the ...
thriving, but you are out of your mind.

E O, O child! Electra continues her cry.
or by / woe is me
suffering
EL Why do you speak ill-omened words? They are evil preludes to me.
woe is me
woe is me Alas, alas! the fortunes
behold indeed lamentation for a long time
PY And you have broken out into a heavy weight of grief.