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. thinking that he drove the sword sharply into me; and she settled me in this land. This is my letter, this is the writing in the tablet.
Pylades
  1. You have bound me with an easy oath, and sworn very well. I will not take much time
  2. to carry out the oath I swore.
  3. See, Orestes, I bring you a tablet from your sister here, and give it to you.
Orestes
  1. I do receive it, but first I will pass over the letter’s folds to take a joy that is not in words.