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. upon the beach, racing in full armor along the shingle, and straining every nerve to beat a team of four horses,
  2. as he sped round the track on foot; and Eumelus, the grandson of Pheres, their driver, was shouting when I saw him, goading on his lovely steeds,
  3. with their bits of chased gold-work; the center pair, that bore the yoke, had dappled coats picked out with white, while the tracehorses, on the outside, facing the turning-post in the course,[*](To turn the post without losing ground would require the driver to rein in his near trace-horse and let the outer one come round on a curve, facing the turning-post.)
  4. were bays with spotted fetlocks. Close beside them Peleus’ son leapt on his way, in all his harness, keeping abreast
  5. the rail by the axle-box.