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. nor have I followed his wish; no, it is Hellas, for whom I must sacrifice you whether I will or not; to this necessity I bow my head; for her freedom must be preserved, as far as any help of yours daughter, or mine can go; or they, who are the sons of Hellas, must be
  2. pillaged of their wives by barbarian robbery. Exit Agamemnon.
Clytemnestra
  1. My child! oh, foreign women! Alas for me, for your death! Your father escapes, surrendering you to Hades.
Iphigenia
  1. Alas for me, mother! for the same
  2. lament has fallen to both of us in our fortune. No more for me the light of day! no more these beams of the sun! Oh, oh! that snow-beat glen in Phrygia and the hills of Ida,