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. O mother that bore me! I see a throng of men approaching.
Clytemnestra
  1. It is the goddess’ son you see, child, for whom you came here.
Iphigenia
  1. Open the tent-door to me, servants, that I may hide myself
Clytemnestra
  1. Why seek to escape, my child?
Iphigenia
  1. I am ashamed to face Achilles.