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. (stopping to address Pylades.)So that you may know the name, hearing it twice.
Pylades
  1. O gods!
Iphigenia
  1. Why do you invoke the gods in my affairs?
Pylades
  1. No reason; finish your words; my thoughts were elsewhere. Perhaps, if I question you, I will not arrive at things I cannot believe.
Iphigenia
  1. Tell him that Artemis saved me, by giving a deer in exchange for me; my father sacrificed it,