Why have you made a journey to this land?OrestesI have come at the commands of Phoebus’ oracles.IphigeniaTo do what? Can you speak of it, or must you be silent?OrestesI will tell you; this is the beginning of my many troubles. When my mother’s evil deeds, that I cannot speak of, came into my hands, I was driven to flight by the Furies’ pursuit; then Loxias sent me to Athens, to stand trial with the goddesses who may not be named.