Then rightly you desire to know what has happened there, lady.IphigeniaWhat about the general, who is said to be happy?OrestesWho? The one I knew was not happy.IphigeniaThere was said to be a certain lord, Agamemnon, son of Atreus.OrestesI do not know; leave this subject, lady.IphigeniaNo, by the gods, but tell me, stranger, to delight me.OrestesThe wretched man is dead, and in addition he destroyed another.IphigeniaDead? By what fate? I am unhappy!OrestesWhy do you mourn for this? It doesn’t concern you, does it?IphigeniaI grieve for his former prosperity.OrestesYes, for he was dreadfully murdered by a woman.IphigeniaO miserable the slayer . . . and the slain!OrestesStop now, and do not ask further.IphigeniaOnly this much, if the wife of the wretched man is alive.OrestesShe is not; she was killed by the son that she bore.IphigeniaO house thrown into confusion! What was his intent?OrestesTo avenge on her the death of his father.IphigeniaAh! How well he exacted an evil justice!OrestesThough he is just, he does not have good fortune from the gods.IphigeniaDid Agamemnon leave any other children in his house?