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. Stand back! You carry loyalty to your master too far.
Old man
  1. The very reproach you have for me is to my credit.
Menelaus
  1. You shall rue it, if you meddle in matters that do not concern you.
Old man
  1. You had no right to open a letter, which I was carrying.
Menelaus
  1. No, nor you to be carrying sorrow to all Hellas.