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. Yes, by her golden hair no doubt.
Clytemnestra
  1. What must I do, when it comes to that?
Achilles
  1. Keep hold of your daughter.
Clytemnestra
  1. Be sure that she shall not be slain, as far as that that can help her.
Achilles
  1. Believe me, it will come to this.[*](i.e., to an actual appeal to force.)