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. He is dead, as the story goes in Mycenae.
Iphigenia
  1. O goddess, how good that is! What about Odysseus?
Orestes
  1. He has not yet returned, but is alive, they say.
Iphigenia
  1. May he die and never achieve a return to his country!
Orestes
  1. Do not pray against that man; all is misery for him.