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. Sing with me, maidens, sing the praises of Artemis, whose temple faces Chalcis,
  2. where angry spearmen madly chafe, here in the narrow havens of Aulis, because of me.
  3. O Pelasgia, land of my birth, and Mycenae, my home!
Chorus
  1. Is it on Perseus’ citadel you call, that town Cyclopean workmen built?
Iphigenia
  1. To be a light to Hellas did you rear me, and so I do not say No to death.