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. Are you brothers, from one mother?
Orestes
  1. By friendship, yes; we are not brothers by birth, lady.
Iphigenia
  1. What name did your father give you?
Orestes
  1. I might rightly be called Unfortunate.
Iphigenia
  1. I do not ask that; ascribe that to fortune.