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 say that I have washed that also, since you have touched it.
Orestes
  1. Where? Do you mean the watery inlet of the sea?
Iphigenia
  1. Where your ship is moored by its roped anchor.
Orestes
  1. Will you or some other bear the image in your hands?
Iphigenia
  1. I shall; it is holy for me alone to touch it.