Iphigenia in Aulis

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. One thing be sure you have heard; I will not tell a lie; if I do that or idly mock you, may I die, but live if I preserve the girl.
Clytemnestra
  1. Bless you for always helping the distressed!
Achilles
  1. Hearken then to me, that the matter may succeed.
Clytemnestra
  1. What is your proposal? for hear you I must.
Achilles
  1. Let us once more urge[*](Reading πείθωμεν.) her father to a better frame of mind.