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. Lady Artemis, if this city carries out the rites in a way pleasing to you, accept the victims,
  2. which the custom among us declares to be unholy.
Iphigenia
  1. Enough; first, it will be my care to perform well the rites of the goddess. Unbind the strangers’ hands, so that, as holy victims, they may no longer be in chains.
  2. Then go into the temple and make ready what is necessary and customary at the present time.
  3. (Turning to the prisoners.)Ah! Who was your mother, who gave you birth, and your father? And your sister, if you happen to have one . . . such two youths as she has lost,