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. A man has many cares when he is king and general too.
Iphigenia
  1. Be mine, all mine today; do not turn to moody thoughts.
Agamemnon
  1. Why so I am, all yours today; I have no other thought.
Iphigenia
  1. Then smooth your knitted brow, unbend and smile.
Agamemnon
  1. See! my child, my joy at seeing you is even as it is.