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. (to Orestes.) I raise a lament for you; the drops from the holy water,
  2. mingled with blood, will soon take you into their care.
Orestes
  1. This is not a case for pity, but farewell, strangers.
Chorus
  1. (to Pylades.)We honor you, young man, for your happy fate, because you will tread on your native land some day.
Pylades
  1. An unenviable fate indeed for a friend, when his friend is to die.