Iphigenia in Tauris

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. I will use your sorrows as my contrivance.
Orestes
  1. Women are wonderfully good at devising crafty plans!
Iphigenia
  1. I will say that you came from Argos after killing your mother.
Orestes
  1. Make use of my troubles, if you gain by it.
Iphigenia
  1. And that it is not right to sacrifice you to the goddess.