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Iphigenia

Which of you is called by the name of Pylades? I want to know this first.

Orestes

That one, if you have any pleasure in the knowledge.

Iphigenia

Of what city of Hellas were you born a citizen?
495

Orestes

What would you gain by learning this, lady?

Iphigenia

Are you brothers, from one mother?

Orestes

By friendship, yes; we are not brothers by birth, lady.

Iphigenia

What name did your father give you?

Orestes

I might rightly be called Unfortunate.
500

Iphigenia

I do not ask that; ascribe that to fortune.

Orestes

If I die unnamed, I would not be mocked at.

Iphigenia

Why do you begrudge this? Are you so proud?

Orestes

You will sacrifice my body, not my name.

Iphigenia

Can you not say what city you are from?
505

Orestes

You are seeking nothing profitable, since I am going to die.

Iphigenia

What hinders you from doing me this favor?

Orestes

The famous Argos I claim as my native land.

Iphigenia

By the gods, truly, stranger, were you born there?

Orestes

Yes, from Mycenae , which was once prosperous.
510

Iphigenia

Have you left your country as an exile, or by what fate?

Orestes

My flight is in some manner willed and unwilled.

Iphigenia

Could you then tell me something that I wish to know?

Orestes

It will be no great addition to my own misfortune.

Iphigenia

Indeed, I am so glad that you have come from Argos !
515

Orestes

I am not; but if you are, take pleasure in it.

Iphigenia

Perhaps you know Troy , whose fame is everywhere.

Orestes

Would that I did not, even seen in a dream!

Iphigenia

They say it is no more, lost to the spear.

Orestes

It is so; you have heard nothing that has not happened.
520

Iphigenia

Has Helen come back to Menelaus’ home?

Orestes

She has; it was an unfortunate arrival for one dear to me.

Iphigenia

And where is she? She deserves an ill turn from me also.

Orestes

She lives at Sparta with her former bedfellow.

Iphigenia

Creature hated by Hellas , not by me alone!
525

Orestes

I have also had some benefit from the marriage of that woman!

Iphigenia

Have the Achaeans returned, as reported?

Orestes

How you put everything together and ask me all at once!

Iphigenia

Before you die, I want to profit by your answers.

Orestes

Question me, since you desire this; I will tell you.
530

Iphigenia

Has a certain Calchas, a prophet, come back from Troy ?

Orestes

He is dead, as the story goes in Mycenae .

Iphigenia

O goddess, how good that is! What about Odysseus?

Orestes

He has not yet returned, but is alive, they say.

Iphigenia

May he die and never achieve a return to his country!
535

Orestes

Do not pray against that man; all is misery for him.

Iphigenia

But is the son of Thetis the Nereid still alive?

Orestes

He is not; his marriage at Aulis was in vain.

Iphigenia

Yes, for it was a cheat, as those who experienced it know.

Iphigenia in Tauris. Euripides. Edward P. Coleridge (Translator). London. 1891.

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Iphigenia Among the Tauri (English) (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. II. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1891. (Modernized by Perseus.))

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Ἰφιγένεια ἐν Ταύροις Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. II. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. (Reprinted 1921-1962)) — 492 focus

Ἰφιγένεια

πότερος ἄρʼ ὑμῶν ἐνθάδʼ ὠνομασμένος

Πυλάδης κέκληται; τόδε μαθεῖν πρῶτον θέλω.

Ὀρέστης

ὅδʼ, εἴ τι δή σοι τοῦτʼ ἐν ἡδονῇ μαθεῖν.

Ἰφιγένεια

ποίας πολίτης πατρίδος Ἕλληνος γεγώς;
495

Ὀρέστης

τί δʼ ἂν μαθοῦσα τόδε πλέον λάβοις, γύναι;

Ἰφιγένεια

πότερον ἀδελφὼ μητρός ἐστον ἐκ μιᾶς;

Ὀρέστης

φιλότητί γʼ· ἐσμὲν δʼ οὐ κασιγνήτω, γύναι.

Ἰφιγένεια

σοὶ δʼ ὄνομα ποῖον ἔθεθʼ ὁ γεννήσας πατήρ;

Ὀρέστης

τὸ μὲν δίκαιον Δυστυχὴς καλοίμεθʼ ἄν.
500

Ἰφιγένεια

οὐ τοῦτʼ ἐρωτῶ· τοῦτο μὲν δὸς τῇ τύχῃ.

Ὀρέστης

ἀνώνυμοι θανόντες οὐ γελῴμεθʼ ἄν.

Ἰφιγένεια

τί δὲ φθονεῖς τοῦτο; ἦ φρονεῖς οὕτω μέγα;

Ὀρέστης

τὸ σῶμα θύσεις τοὐμόν, οὐχὶ τοὔνομα.

Ἰφιγένεια

οὐδʼ ἂν πόλιν φράσειας ἥτις ἐστί σοι;
505

Ὀρέστης

ζητεῖς γὰρ οὐδὲν κέρδος, ὡς θανουμένῳ.

Ἰφιγένεια

χάριν δὲ δοῦναι τήνδε κωλύει τί σε;

Ὀρέστης

τὸ κλεινὸν Ἄργος πατρίδʼ ἐμὴν ἐπεύχομαι.

Ἰφιγένεια

πρὸς θεῶν, ἀληθῶς, ὦ ξένʼ, εἶ κεῖθεν γεγώς;

Ὀρέστης

ἐκ τῶν Μυκηνῶν γʼ, αἵ ποτʼ ἦσαν ὄλβιαι.
510

Ἰφιγένεια

φυγὰς δʼ ἀπῆρας πατρίδος, ἢ ποίᾳ τύχῃ;

Ὀρέστης

φεύγω τρόπον γε δή τινʼ οὐχ ἑκὼν ἑκών.

Ἰφιγένεια

ἆρʼ ἄν τί μοι φράσειας ὧν ἐγὼ θέλω;

Ὀρέστης

ὡς ἐν παρέργῳ τῆς ἐμῆς δυσπραξίας.

Ἰφιγένεια

καὶ μὴν ποθεινός γʼ ἦλθες ἐξ Ἄργους μολών.
515

Ὀρέστης

οὔκουν ἐμαυτῷ γʼ· εἰ δὲ σοί, σὺ τοῦτʼ ἔρα.

Ἰφιγένεια

Τροίαν ἴσως οἶσθʼ, ἧς ἁπανταχοῦ λόγος.

Ὀρέστης

ὡς μήποτʼ ὤφελόν γε μηδʼ ἰδὼν ὄναρ.

Ἰφιγένεια

φασίν νιν οὐκέτʼ οὖσαν οἴχεσθαι δορί.

Ὀρέστης

ἔστιν γὰρ οὕτως οὐδʼ ἄκραντʼ ἠκούσατε.
520

Ἰφιγένεια

Ἑλένη δʼ ἀφῖκται δῶμα Μενέλεω πάλιν;

Ὀρέστης

ἥκει, κακῶς γʼ ἐλθοῦσα τῶν ἐμῶν τινι.

Ἰφιγένεια

καὶ ποῦ ʼστι; κἀμοὶ γάρ τι προυφείλει κακόν.

Ὀρέστης

Σπάρτῃ ξυνοικεῖ τῷ πάρος ξυνευνέτῃ.

Ἰφιγένεια

ὦ μῖσος εἰς Ἕλληνας, οὐκ ἐμοὶ μόνῃ.
525

Ὀρέστης

ἀπέλαυσα κἀγὼ δή τι τῶν κείνης γάμων.

Ἰφιγένεια

νόστος δʼ Ἀχαιῶν ἐγένεθʼ, ὡς κηρύσσεται;

Ὀρέστης

ὡς πάνθʼ ἅπαξ με συλλαβοῦσʼ ἀνιστορεῖς.

Ἰφιγένεια

πρὶν γὰρ θανεῖν σε, τοῦδʼ ἐπαυρέσθαι θέλω.

Ὀρέστης

ἔλεγχʼ, ἐπειδὴ τοῦδʼ ἐρᾷς· λέξω δʼ ἐγώ.
530

Ἰφιγένεια

Κάλχας τις ἦλθε μάντις ἐκ Τροίας πάλιν;

Ὀρέστης

ὄλωλεν, ὡς ἦν ἐν Μυκηναίοις λόγος.

Ἰφιγένεια

ὦ πότνιʼ, ὡς εὖ. — τί γὰρ ὁ Λαέρτου γόνος;

Ὀρέστης

οὔπω νενόστηκʼ οἶκον, ἔστι δʼ, ὡς λόγος.

Ἰφιγένεια

ὄλοιτο, νόστου μήποτʼ ἐς πάτραν τυχών.
535

Ὀρέστης

μηδὲν κατεύχου· πάντα τἀκείνου νοσεῖ.

Ἰφιγένεια

Θέτιδος δʼ ὁ τῆς Νηρῇδος ἔστι παῖς ἔτι;

Ὀρέστης

οὐκ ἔστιν· ἄλλως λέκτρʼ ἔγημʼ ἐν Αὐλίδι.

Ἰφιγένεια

δόλια γάρ, ὡς ἴσασιν οἱ πεπονθότες.

Translations (2)

Iphigenia in Tauris (OCR draft) Experimental (Iphigenia in Tauris. Robert Potter's English verse translation, first published in 1781–1783; text from the 1808 Oxford printing.)

No corresponding passage available

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1845; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (Euripides. Deutsch in den Versmaßen der Urschrift. Volume 2, Heidelberg: C. F. Winter, 1845. Harvard OCR compared with an independent BSB copy. Native Donner verse citations, Murray reference cards, explicitly located notes and page facsimiles. Unresolved OCR, verse divisions, unlocated notes and printed errata are documented in the source review.) — 492 focus

Wer unter euch hier ist es, den man Pylades

Mit Namen nennt? Vor Allem wissen möcht' ich das.

Orestes.

Der, wenn dir dies zu wissen irgend Freude macht.

Iphigenia.

Und welche Stadt in Hellas nennt er Vaterland?
475

Orestes.

Was aber frommt dir's, wenn du das vernimmst, o Frau?

Iphigenia.

Seid ihr von Einer Mutter, seid ihr Brüder wohl?

Orestes.

Durch Liebe sind wir's, aber nicht durch's Blut, o Frau.

Iphigenia.

Und welchen Namen legte dir dein Vater bei?

Orestes.

Mit rechtem Namen hießen wir Unselige.
480

Iphigenia.

Nicht dieses frag' ich; rechne dies dem Schicksal zu.

Orestes.

Wenn namenlos wir sterben, lacht man unser nicht.

Iphigenia.

Was weigerst du mir dieses? Hegst du solchen Stolz?

Drestes.

Mein Körper, nicht mein Name, soll das Opfer sein.

Iphigenia.

Und auch die Stadt nicht nennst du, welche dich gebar?
485

Orestes.

Nichts frommt ja mir dein Forschen, weil ich sterben muß.

Iphigenia,

Doch diese Gunst mir zu gönnen, was verhindert dich?

Orestes.

Des hohen Argos ruhm' ich mich als Vaterstadt.

Iphigenia.

Bei Zeus! In Wahrheit wårst du, Freund, von dort entstammt?

Orestes,

Wohl, aus Mykend, das vordem so glucklich war.
490

Iphigenia,

Vertrieb dein Volk dich, oder welch ein andres Loos?

Orestes.

Nicht wollend, wollend floh ich, wie du's nennen magst.¹

Iphigenia.

Nun, wirst du mir wohl sagen, was ich wissen will?

Orestes.

Ein Nebenwerk nur meines Jammers wird es sein.

Iphigenia.

Erwunscht in Wahrheit kommst du mir von Argos her.
495

Orestes.

Mir nicht, gewiß nicht; doch ob dir, das siehe selbst.

Iphigenia.

Wohl kennst du Troja, das in Aller Munde lebt.

Orestes.

O hatt' ich's niemals, auch im Traume nie gesehn!

Iphigenia.

Es sei dahin, erzählt man, durch das Schwert zerstört.

Orestes.

Wohl ist es also; was geschehn, vernahmet ihr.
500

Iphigenia.

Kam Helena wieder in Menelaos' Haus zuruck?

Orestes.

Sie kam, zum Ungluck eines meiner Theuersten.

Iphigenia.

Wo weilt sie? Mir auch war sie Schuld an vielem Leid.

Orestes.

Zu Sparta wohnt sie bei dem frühern Ehgemahl.

Iphigenia.

Abscheu für Hellas' Söhne, nicht für mich allein!
505

Orestes.

Auch ich empfand sie bitter, ihre Buhlerei'n.

Iphigenia,

Kam Argos' Heer nach Hause, wie verkundet wird?

Orestes.

So fragend, sprichst du Alles aus in Einem Wort.

Iphigenia.

Bevor du stirbst, erfuhr' ich dieses gerne noch.

Orestes.

So frage, weil dich's lustet; ich will Rede stehn.
510

Iphigenia,

Ein Seher, Kalchas, kam er heim von Ilion?

Orestes.

Er ward getödtet, wie die Sag' in Argos ging.

Iphigenia,

Schön, große Göttin! Wie ergeht's Laërtes' Sohn?

Orestes.

Noch nicht nach Hause kam er; doch man sagt, er lebt.

Iphigenia.

Er sterbe, niemals komm' er heim in's Vaterland!
515

Orestes.

Kein Böses wunsch' ihm; alles Ueble kam auf ihn.

Iphigenia.

Der Nereïde Thetis Sohn, - lebt dieser noch?

Orestes.

Nicht mehr. Vergebens hat ihn Aulis frei'n gesehn.

Iphigenia.

Ein triglich Frei'n! So nennt es, wer betheiligt war.

Orestes.

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Iphigenia Which of you is called by the name of Pylades? I want to know this first.

Orestes That one, if you have any pleasure in the knowledge.

Iphigenia Of what city of Hellas were you born a citizen? 495

Orestes What would you gain by learning this, lady?

Iphigenia Are you brothers, from one mother?

Orestes By friendship, yes; we are not brothers by birth, lady.

Iphigenia What name did your father give you?

Orestes I might rightly be called Unfortunate. 500

Iphigenia I do not ask that; ascribe that to fortune.

Orestes If I die unnamed, I would not be mocked at.

Iphigenia Why do you begrudge this? Are you so proud?

Orestes You will sacrifice my body, not my name.

Iphigenia Can you not say what city you are from? 505

Orestes You are seeking nothing profitable, since I am going to die.

Iphigenia What hinders you from doing me this favor?

Orestes The famous Argos I claim as my native land.

Iphigenia By the gods, truly, stranger, were you born there?

Orestes Yes, from Mycenae , which was once prosperous. 510

Iphigenia Have you left your country as an exile, or by what fate?

Orestes My flight is in some manner willed and unwilled.

Iphigenia Could you then tell me something that I wish to know?

Orestes It will be no great addition to my own misfortune.

Iphigenia Indeed, I am so glad that you have come from Argos ! 515

Orestes I am not; but if you are, take pleasure in it.

Iphigenia Perhaps you know Troy , whose fame is everywhere.

Orestes Would that I did not, even seen in a dream!

Iphigenia They say it is no more, lost to the spear.

Orestes It is so; you have heard nothing that has not happened. 520

Iphigenia Has Helen come back to Menelaus’ home?

Orestes She has; it was an unfortunate arrival for one dear to me.

Iphigenia And where is she? She deserves an ill turn from me also.

Orestes She lives at Sparta with her former bedfellow.

Iphigenia Creature hated by Hellas , not by me alone! 525

Orestes I have also had some benefit from the marriage of that woman!

Iphigenia Have the Achaeans returned, as reported?

Orestes How you put everything together and ask me all at once!

Iphigenia Before you die, I want to profit by your answers.

Orestes Question me, since you desire this; I will tell you. 530

Iphigenia Has a certain Calchas, a prophet, come back from Troy ?

Orestes He is dead, as the story goes in Mycenae .

Iphigenia O goddess, how good that is! What about Odysseus?

Orestes He has not yet returned, but is alive, they say.

Iphigenia May he die and never achieve a return to his country! 535

Orestes Do not pray against that man; all is misery for him.

Iphigenia But is the son of Thetis the Nereid still alive?

Orestes He is not; his marriage at Aulis was in vain.

Iphigenia Yes, for it was a cheat, as those who experienced it know.

Current edition Perseus

Ἰφιγένεια πότερος ἄρʼ ὑμῶν ἐνθάδʼ ὠνομασμένος Πυλάδης κέκληται; τόδε μαθεῖν πρῶτον θέλω.

Ὀρέστης ὅδʼ, εἴ τι δή σοι τοῦτʼ ἐν ἡδονῇ μαθεῖν.

Ἰφιγένεια ποίας πολίτης πατρίδος Ἕλληνος γεγώς; 495

Ὀρέστης τί δʼ ἂν μαθοῦσα τόδε πλέον λάβοις, γύναι;

Ἰφιγένεια πότερον ἀδελφὼ μητρός ἐστον ἐκ μιᾶς;

Ὀρέστης φιλότητί γʼ· ἐσμὲν δʼ οὐ κασιγνήτω, γύναι.

Ἰφιγένεια σοὶ δʼ ὄνομα ποῖον ἔθεθʼ ὁ γεννήσας πατήρ;

Ὀρέστης τὸ μὲν δίκαιον Δυστυχὴς καλοίμεθʼ ἄν. 500

Ἰφιγένεια οὐ τοῦτʼ ἐρωτῶ· τοῦτο μὲν δὸς τῇ τύχῃ.

Ὀρέστης ἀνώνυμοι θανόντες οὐ γελῴμεθʼ ἄν.

Ἰφιγένεια τί δὲ φθονεῖς τοῦτο; ἦ φρονεῖς οὕτω μέγα;

Ὀρέστης τὸ σῶμα θύσεις τοὐμόν, οὐχὶ τοὔνομα.

Ἰφιγένεια οὐδʼ ἂν πόλιν φράσειας ἥτις ἐστί σοι; 505

Ὀρέστης ζητεῖς γὰρ οὐδὲν κέρδος, ὡς θανουμένῳ.

Ἰφιγένεια χάριν δὲ δοῦναι τήνδε κωλύει τί σε;

Ὀρέστης τὸ κλεινὸν Ἄργος πατρίδʼ ἐμὴν ἐπεύχομαι.

Ἰφιγένεια πρὸς θεῶν, ἀληθῶς, ὦ ξένʼ, εἶ κεῖθεν γεγώς;

Ὀρέστης ἐκ τῶν Μυκηνῶν γʼ, αἵ ποτʼ ἦσαν ὄλβιαι. 510

Ἰφιγένεια φυγὰς δʼ ἀπῆρας πατρίδος, ἢ ποίᾳ τύχῃ;

Ὀρέστης φεύγω τρόπον γε δή τινʼ οὐχ ἑκὼν ἑκών.

Ἰφιγένεια ἆρʼ ἄν τί μοι φράσειας ὧν ἐγὼ θέλω;

Ὀρέστης ὡς ἐν παρέργῳ τῆς ἐμῆς δυσπραξίας.

Ἰφιγένεια καὶ μὴν ποθεινός γʼ ἦλθες ἐξ Ἄργους μολών. 515

Ὀρέστης οὔκουν ἐμαυτῷ γʼ· εἰ δὲ σοί, σὺ τοῦτʼ ἔρα.

Ἰφιγένεια Τροίαν ἴσως οἶσθʼ, ἧς ἁπανταχοῦ λόγος.

Ὀρέστης ὡς μήποτʼ ὤφελόν γε μηδʼ ἰδὼν ὄναρ.

Ἰφιγένεια φασίν νιν οὐκέτʼ οὖσαν οἴχεσθαι δορί.

Ὀρέστης ἔστιν γὰρ οὕτως οὐδʼ ἄκραντʼ ἠκούσατε. 520

Ἰφιγένεια Ἑλένη δʼ ἀφῖκται δῶμα Μενέλεω πάλιν;

Ὀρέστης ἥκει, κακῶς γʼ ἐλθοῦσα τῶν ἐμῶν τινι.

Iphigenia

Which of you is called by the name of Pylades? I want to know this first.

Orestes

That one, if you have any pleasure in the knowledge.

Iphigenia

Of what city of Hellas were you born a citizen?
495

Orestes

What would you gain by learning this, lady?

Iphigenia

Are you brothers, from one mother?

Orestes

By friendship, yes; we are not brothers by birth, lady.

Iphigenia

What name did your father give you?

Orestes

I might rightly be called Unfortunate.
500

Iphigenia

I do not ask that; ascribe that to fortune.

Orestes

If I die unnamed, I would not be mocked at.

Iphigenia

Why do you begrudge this? Are you so proud?

Orestes

You will sacrifice my body, not my name.

Iphigenia

Can you not say what city you are from?
505

Orestes

You are seeking nothing profitable, since I am going to die.

Iphigenia

What hinders you from doing me this favor?

Orestes

The famous Argos I claim as my native land.

Iphigenia

By the gods, truly, stranger, were you born there?

Orestes

Yes, from Mycenae , which was once prosperous.
510

Iphigenia

Have you left your country as an exile, or by what fate?

Orestes

My flight is in some manner willed and unwilled.

Iphigenia

Could you then tell me something that I wish to know?

Orestes

It will be no great addition to my own misfortune.

Iphigenia

Indeed, I am so glad that you have come from Argos !
515

Orestes

I am not; but if you are, take pleasure in it.

Iphigenia

Perhaps you know Troy , whose fame is everywhere.

Orestes

Would that I did not, even seen in a dream!

Iphigenia

They say it is no more, lost to the spear.

Orestes

It is so; you have heard nothing that has not happened.
520

Iphigenia

Has Helen come back to Menelaus’ home?

Orestes

She has; it was an unfortunate arrival for one dear to me.

Iphigenia

And where is she? She deserves an ill turn from me also.

Orestes

She lives at Sparta with her former bedfellow.

Iphigenia

Creature hated by Hellas , not by me alone!
525

Orestes

I have also had some benefit from the marriage of that woman!

Iphigenia

Have the Achaeans returned, as reported?

Orestes

How you put everything together and ask me all at once!

Iphigenia

Before you die, I want to profit by your answers.

Orestes

Question me, since you desire this; I will tell you.
530

Iphigenia

Has a certain Calchas, a prophet, come back from Troy ?

Orestes

He is dead, as the story goes in Mycenae .

Iphigenia

O goddess, how good that is! What about Odysseus?

Orestes

He has not yet returned, but is alive, they say.

Iphigenia

May he die and never achieve a return to his country!
535

Orestes

Do not pray against that man; all is misery for him.

Iphigenia

But is the son of Thetis the Nereid still alive?

Orestes

He is not; his marriage at Aulis was in vain.

Iphigenia

Yes, for it was a cheat, as those who experienced it know.

Ἰφιγένεια

πότερος ἄρʼ ὑμῶν ἐνθάδʼ ὠνομασμένος

Πυλάδης κέκληται; τόδε μαθεῖν πρῶτον θέλω.

Ὀρέστης

ὅδʼ, εἴ τι δή σοι τοῦτʼ ἐν ἡδονῇ μαθεῖν.

Ἰφιγένεια

ποίας πολίτης πατρίδος Ἕλληνος γεγώς;
495

Ὀρέστης

τί δʼ ἂν μαθοῦσα τόδε πλέον λάβοις, γύναι;

Ἰφιγένεια

πότερον ἀδελφὼ μητρός ἐστον ἐκ μιᾶς;

Ὀρέστης

φιλότητί γʼ· ἐσμὲν δʼ οὐ κασιγνήτω, γύναι.

Ἰφιγένεια

σοὶ δʼ ὄνομα ποῖον ἔθεθʼ ὁ γεννήσας πατήρ;

Ὀρέστης

τὸ μὲν δίκαιον Δυστυχὴς καλοίμεθʼ ἄν.
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Ἰφιγένεια

οὐ τοῦτʼ ἐρωτῶ· τοῦτο μὲν δὸς τῇ τύχῃ.

Ὀρέστης

ἀνώνυμοι θανόντες οὐ γελῴμεθʼ ἄν.

Ἰφιγένεια

τί δὲ φθονεῖς τοῦτο; ἦ φρονεῖς οὕτω μέγα;

Ὀρέστης

τὸ σῶμα θύσεις τοὐμόν, οὐχὶ τοὔνομα.

Ἰφιγένεια

οὐδʼ ἂν πόλιν φράσειας ἥτις ἐστί σοι;
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Ὀρέστης

ζητεῖς γὰρ οὐδὲν κέρδος, ὡς θανουμένῳ.

Ἰφιγένεια

χάριν δὲ δοῦναι τήνδε κωλύει τί σε;

Ὀρέστης

τὸ κλεινὸν Ἄργος πατρίδʼ ἐμὴν ἐπεύχομαι.

Ἰφιγένεια

πρὸς θεῶν, ἀληθῶς, ὦ ξένʼ, εἶ κεῖθεν γεγώς;

Ὀρέστης

ἐκ τῶν Μυκηνῶν γʼ, αἵ ποτʼ ἦσαν ὄλβιαι.
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Ἰφιγένεια

φυγὰς δʼ ἀπῆρας πατρίδος, ἢ ποίᾳ τύχῃ;

Ὀρέστης

φεύγω τρόπον γε δή τινʼ οὐχ ἑκὼν ἑκών.

Ἰφιγένεια

ἆρʼ ἄν τί μοι φράσειας ὧν ἐγὼ θέλω;

Ὀρέστης

ὡς ἐν παρέργῳ τῆς ἐμῆς δυσπραξίας.

Ἰφιγένεια

καὶ μὴν ποθεινός γʼ ἦλθες ἐξ Ἄργους μολών.
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Ὀρέστης

οὔκουν ἐμαυτῷ γʼ· εἰ δὲ σοί, σὺ τοῦτʼ ἔρα.

Ἰφιγένεια

Τροίαν ἴσως οἶσθʼ, ἧς ἁπανταχοῦ λόγος.

Ὀρέστης

ὡς μήποτʼ ὤφελόν γε μηδʼ ἰδὼν ὄναρ.

Ἰφιγένεια

φασίν νιν οὐκέτʼ οὖσαν οἴχεσθαι δορί.

Ὀρέστης

ἔστιν γὰρ οὕτως οὐδʼ ἄκραντʼ ἠκούσατε.
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Ἰφιγένεια

Ἑλένη δʼ ἀφῖκται δῶμα Μενέλεω πάλιν;

Ὀρέστης

ἥκει, κακῶς γʼ ἐλθοῦσα τῶν ἐμῶν τινι.

Ἰφιγένεια

καὶ ποῦ ʼστι; κἀμοὶ γάρ τι προυφείλει κακόν.

Ὀρέστης

Σπάρτῃ ξυνοικεῖ τῷ πάρος ξυνευνέτῃ.

Ἰφιγένεια

ὦ μῖσος εἰς Ἕλληνας, οὐκ ἐμοὶ μόνῃ.
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