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. Alas! this silence is too much. You have my thanks.
Iphigenia
  1. Stay with your children at home, father.
Agamemnon
  1. My own wish![*](θέλω γε· τὸ θέλειν δ᾽ but the words are probably corrupt.) But to my sorrow I may not
Iphigenia
  1. Ruin seize their wars and the woes of Menelaus!
Agamemnon
  1. First will that, which has been my life-long ruin, bring ruin to others.[*](ἄλλους ὀλεῖ πρόσθ᾽ ἁμὲ διολέσαντ᾽ ἔχει. None of the various proposed emendations are great improvements on this reading of Porson’s, though it is hardly likely that this is what Euripides wrote.)