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 is his reason? what vengeful fiend impels him?
Old man
  1. Oracles, at least so Calchas says, in order that the army may start—
Clytemnestra
  1. Where? Alas for me, and for the one her father is going to kill!
Old man
  1. To the halls of Dardanus, that Menelaus may recover Helen.
Clytemnestra
  1. So Helen’s return then was fated to affect Iphigenia?