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. As soon as the full moon comes to give its blessing
Clytemnestra
  1. Have you already offered the goddess a sacrifice to usher in the maiden’s marriage?
Agamemnon
  1. I am about to do so; that is the very thing I was engaged in.
Clytemnestra
  1. And then will you celebrate the marriage feast afterwards?
Agamemnon
  1. Yes, when I have offered a sacrifice required by the gods of me.