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. What! have you found me a new home, father?
Agamemnon
  1. Enough of this! it is not for girls to know such things.
Iphigenia
  1. Please hurry home from Troy, father, as soon as you have triumphed there.
Agamemnon
  1. There is a sacrifice I have first to offer here.
Iphigenia
  1. Yes, it is your duty to heed religion with aid of holy rites.[*](Monk interprets in a matter of religion thou must consult the priests. Paley inclines to the view that ll. 674-7 are interpolated.)