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. You know all; her father is about to offer your child to Artemis.
Clytemnestra
  1. But that marriage—what pretext had it for bringing me from home?
Old man
  1. An inducement to you to bring your daughter cheerfully, to wed her to Achilles.
Clytemnestra
  1. On a deadly errand have you come, my daughter, both you, and I, your mother.
Old man
  1. Piteous the lot of both of you, and dreadful Agamemnon’s venture.