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. No, by the gods, but tell me, stranger, to delight me.
Orestes
  1. The wretched man is dead, and in addition he destroyed another.
Iphigenia
  1. Dead? By what fate? I am unhappy!
Orestes
  1. Why do you mourn for this? It doesn’t concern you, does it?
Iphigenia
  1. I grieve for his former prosperity.