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. Why have you made a journey to this land?
Orestes
  1. I have come at the commands of Phoebus’ oracles.
Iphigenia
  1. To do what? Can you speak of it, or must you be silent?
Orestes
  1. I will tell you; this is the beginning of my many troubles.
  2. When my mother’s evil deeds, that I cannot speak of, came into my hands, I was driven to flight by the Furies’ pursuit; then Loxias sent me to Athens, to stand trial with the goddesses who may not be named.