Iphigenia in Aulis

Euripides

Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Translated into English Prose from the Text of Paley. Vol. II. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1891.

  1. Lead me away, the destroyer of Ilium’s town and the Phrygians; give me wreaths to cast about me; bring them here; here are my tresses to crown; bring lustral water too.
  2. Dance to Artemis, queen Artemis the blest, around her shrine and altar; for by the blood of my sacrifice I will blot out the oracle,
  3. if it must be.
  4. O mother, lady revered! I will, not give you my tears;
  5. for at the holy rites it is not fitting.[*](Lines 1488-90 are assigned by some editors to the Chorus, but there seems little reason for the arrangement.)