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. To us alone will you address yourself; come forth from the king’s tent.
Old man
  1. O Fortune and my own foresight, preserve whom I desire!
Achilles
  1. That speech will save[*](Reading σώσει, Monk’s correction for ἀν ὤση. Others read ἀνοίσε with Markland, or ὀνήσει with Böckh.) them in the future; it has a certain pompous air.
Clytemnestra
  1. Delay not for the sake of touching my right hand, if there is anything that you would say to me.
Old man
  1. Well, you know my character and my devotion to you and your children.