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. Here are the many folds of the tablet, strangers. Hear what I want in addition. No man is the same when he is in troubles
  2. and when he falls out of fear into courage. I am afraid that when the one who is going to take this tablet to Argos leaves this land, he will put aside my letter as worth nothing.
Orestes
  1. What do you want, then? What are you perplexed about?
Iphigenia
  1. Let him give me an oath that he will convey this letter to Argos, to the friends to whom I wish to send it.
Orestes
  1. And will you give in return the same words to him?