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.
- yes, come here and welcome the father you love so dearly.[*](The passages indosed in brackets are regarded by Paley and Dindorf, and, in the main, by Kirchhoff, as spurious. Monk only oraits 11. 627-30, and 11.635-7.)
- Do not be angry with me, mother, if I run from your side and throw myself on my father’s breast.
- Hail! my honored lord, king Agamemnon! we have obeyed your commands and have come.[*](These two lines were placed here by Porson instead of after the next distich; the same critic read προσβαλῶ and περιβαλεῖν instead of περιβαλῶ and προσβαλεῖν; both of which changes are followed in the translation, though Paley, while mentioning the second, has not actually adopted it in his text.)
- O my father! I long to outrun others and embrace you after this long while; for I yearn to see your face; do not be angry with me.
- You may do so, daughter; for of all the children I have borne, you have always loved your father best.