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. That charge belongs to those within this temple.
Orestes
  1. What sort of tomb will receive me, when I die?
Iphigenia
  1. The sacred fire within and the wide hollow of a cave.
Orestes
  1. Ah! Would that my sister’s hand might lay out my body!
Iphigenia
  1. You have prayed in vain, unhappy youth, whoever you are; for she lives far from a barbarian land.