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. killed my mother, and myself perish in turn.
Pylades
  1. You will have a tomb, and I will never betray your sister’s bed, unhappy youth, since I will hold you dearer when dead than when alive. But the prophecy of the god has not destroyed you yet;
  2. although you stand near to slaughter. Great misfortune can offer great reversals, when it is fated; it can indeed.
Orestes
  1. Silence; the words of Phoebus are no benefit to me; here comes the woman out of the temple.
Iphigenia
  1. (to the guard.) Go away and make the preparations within for those who attend to the sacrifice.