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. With what reason? I have a suspicion.
Iphigenia
  1. Because you are not pure; I will frighten what is sacred.
Orestes
  1. How does this help us to seize the statue of the goddess?
Iphigenia
  1. I shall want to purify you in the waves of the sea—
Orestes
  1. The image that we have sailed for is still in the temple.