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. What hinders you from doing me this favor?
Orestes
  1. The famous Argos I claim as my native land.
Iphigenia
  1. By the gods, truly, stranger, were you born there?
Orestes
  1. Yes, from Mycenae, which was once prosperous.
Iphigenia
  1. Have you left your country as an exile, or by what fate?