nor have I followed his wish; no, it is Hellas, for whom I must sacrifice you whether I will or not; to this necessity I bow my head; for her freedom must be preserved, as far as any help of yours daughter, or mine can go; or they, who are the sons of Hellas, must bepillaged of their wives by barbarian robbery. Exit Agamemnon.

ClytemnestraMy child! oh, foreign women! Alas for me, for your death! Your father escapes, surrendering you to Hades.IphigeniaAlas for me, mother! for the samelament has fallen to both of us in our fortune. No more for me the light of day! no more these beams of the sun! Oh, oh! that snow-beat glen in Phrygia and the hills of Ida,