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. since any man, with ordinary intelligence, can govern a state.[*](Following Hermann’s punctuation. Monk retains the stop after πόλεος, the head of the state must have sense; for every man, if so gifted, is a ruler. Hennig condemns l. 374.)
Chorus Leader
  1. For brothers to come to words and blows, whenever they disagree, is terrible.
Agamemnon
  1. I wish to rebuke you in turn,[*](Paley follows Markland in reading αὖ for MSS. εὖ.) briefly, not lifting my eyes too high shamelessly, but in more sober fashion,
  2. as a brother; for it is a good man’s way to be considerate. Tell me, why this burst of fury, these bloodshot eyes? who wrongs you? what is it you want? are you longing to have a virtuous wife? WeIl, I cannot supply you; for she, whom you once had, was ill-controlled by you. Am I then, a man who never went astray, to suffer for your sins?
  3. or is it my popularity that galls you? No! it is the longing you have to keep a beautiful woman in your embrace, casting reason and honor to the winds. A bad man’s pleasures are like himself. Am I mad, if I change to wiser counsels, after previously deciding amiss? Yours is the madness rather in wishing to recover