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. Yes, for he was dreadfully murdered by a woman.
Iphigenia
  1. O miserable the slayer . . . and the slain!
Orestes
  1. Stop now, and do not ask further.
Iphigenia
  1. Only this much, if the wife of the wretched man is alive.
Orestes
  1. She is not; she was killed by the son that she bore.