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. Lastly, Aias, reared in Salamis,
  2. was joining his right wing to the left[*](This line is corrupt, and perhaps the next also. The attempted version follows Weil.) of those near whom he was posed, closing the line with his outermost ships, twelve barques obedient to the helm, as I heard and then
  3. saw the crews; the one who brings his barbaric boats to grapple Aias shall obtain no safe return. There I saw[*](The word ἄιον before εἰδόμαν is probably a gloss on that verb. Some editors adopt Hermann’s οἶον, but there is no certainty in it.)
  4. the naval armament, but some things I heard at home about the gathered army, of which I still have a recollection.
Old man
  1. Strange daring yours, Menelaus, where you have no right.