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Ὀρέστης

τίς εἶ ποθʼ; ὡς εὖ πυνθάνῃ τἀφʼ Ἑλλάδος.
540

Ἰφιγένεια

ἐκεῖθέν εἰμι· παῖς ἔτʼ οὖσʼ ἀπωλόμην.

Ὀρέστης

ὀρθῶς ποθεῖς ἄρʼ εἰδέναι τἀκεῖ, γύναι.

Ἰφιγένεια

τί δʼ ὁ στρατηγός, ὃν λέγουσʼ εὐδαιμονεῖν;

Ὀρέστης

τίς; οὐ γὰρ ὅν γʼ ἐγᾦδα τῶν εὐδαιμόνων.

Ἰφιγένεια

Ἀτρέως ἐλέγετο δή τις Ἀγαμέμνων ἄναξ.
545

Ὀρέστης

οὐκ οἶδʼ· ἄπελθε τοῦ λόγου τούτου, γύναι.

Ἰφιγένεια

μὴ πρὸς θεῶν, ἀλλʼ εἴφʼ, ἵνʼ εὐφρανθῶ, ξένε.

Ὀρέστης

τέθνηχʼ ὁ τλήμων, πρὸς δʼ ἀπώλεσέν τινα.

Ἰφιγένεια

τέθνηκε; ποίᾳ συμφορᾷ; τάλαινʼ ἐγώ.

Ὀρέστης

τί δʼ ἐστέναξας τοῦτο; μῶν προσῆκέ σοι;
550

Ἰφιγένεια

τὸν ὄλβον αὐτοῦ τὸν πάροιθʼ ἀναστένω.

Ὀρέστης

δεινῶς γὰρ ἐκ γυναικὸς οἴχεται σφαγείς.

Ἰφιγένεια

ὦ πανδάκρυτος ἡ κτανοῦσα χὡ κτανών.

Ὀρέστης

παῦσαί νυν ἤδη μηδʼ ἐρωτήσῃς πέρα.

Ἰφιγένεια

τοσόνδε γʼ, εἰ ζῇ τοῦ ταλαιπώρου δάμαρ.
555

Ὀρέστης

οὐκ ἔστι· παῖς νιν ὃν ἔτεχʼ, οὗτος ὤλεσεν.

Ἰφιγένεια

ὦ συνταραχθεὶς οἶκος. ὡς τί δὴ θέλων;

Ὀρέστης

πατρὸς θανόντος τήνδε τιμωρούμενος.

Ἰφιγένεια

φεῦ·

ὡς εὖ κακὸν δίκαιον εἰσεπράξατο.

Ὀρέστης

ἀλλʼ οὐ τὰ πρὸς θεῶν εὐτυχεῖ δίκαιος ὤν.
560

Ἰφιγένεια

λείπει δʼ ἐν οἴκοις ἄλλον Ἀγαμέμνων γόνον;

Ὀρέστης

λέλοιπεν Ἠλέκτραν γε παρθένον μίαν.

Ἰφιγένεια

τί δέ; σφαγείσης θυγατρὸς ἔστι τις λόγος;

Ὀρέστης

οὐδείς γε, πλὴν θανοῦσαν οὐχ ὁρᾶν φάος.

Ἰφιγένεια

τάλαινʼ ἐκείνη χὡ κτανὼν αὐτὴν πατήρ.
565

Ὀρέστης

κακῆς γυναικὸς χάριν ἄχαριν ἀπώλετο.

Ἰφιγένεια

ὁ τοῦ θανόντος δʼ ἔστι παῖς Ἄργει πατρός;

Ὀρέστης

ἔστʼ, ἄθλιός γε, κοὐδαμοῦ καὶ πανταχοῦ.

Ἰφιγένεια

ψευδεῖς ὄνειροι, χαίρετʼ· οὐδὲν ἦτʼ ἄρα.

Ὀρέστης

οὐδʼ οἱ σοφοί γε δαίμονες κεκλημένοι
570

πτηνῶν ὀνείρων εἰσὶν ἀψευδέστεροι.

πολὺς ταραγμὸς ἔν τε τοῖς θείοις ἔνι

κἀν τοῖς βροτείοις· ἓν δὲ λυπεῖται μόνον,

ὃς οὐκ ἄφρων ὢν μάντεων πεισθεὶς λόγοις

ὄλωλεν — ὡς ὄλωλε τοῖσιν εἰδόσιν.
575

Χορός

φεῦ φεῦ· τί δʼ ἡμεῖς οἵ τʼ ἐμοὶ γεννήτορες;

ἆρʼ εἰσίν; ἆρʼ οὐκ εἰσί; τίς φράσειεν ἄν;

Iphigenia in Tauris. Euripides. ed. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. 1913.

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

Translations (3)

Iphigenia Among the Tauri Perseus (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. II. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1891. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 540 focus

Orestes

Who are you? How well you ask about Hellas !
540

Iphigenia

I am from there; while still a child I was lost.

Orestes

Then rightly you desire to know what has happened there, lady.

Iphigenia

What about the general, who is said to be happy?

Orestes

Who? The one I knew was not happy.

Iphigenia

There was said to be a certain lord, Agamemnon, son of Atreus.
545

Orestes

I do not know; leave this subject, lady.

Iphigenia

No, by the gods, but tell me, stranger, to delight me.

Orestes

The wretched man is dead, and in addition he destroyed another.

Iphigenia

Dead? By what fate? I am unhappy!

Orestes

Why do you mourn for this? It doesn’t concern you, does it?
550

Iphigenia

I grieve for his former prosperity.

Orestes

Yes, for he was dreadfully murdered by a woman.

Iphigenia

O miserable the slayer . . . and the slain!

Orestes

Stop now, and do not ask further.

Iphigenia

Only this much, if the wife of the wretched man is alive.
555

Orestes

She is not; she was killed by the son that she bore.

Iphigenia

O house thrown into confusion! What was his intent?

Orestes

To avenge on her the death of his father.

Iphigenia

Ah! How well he exacted an evil justice!

Orestes

Though he is just, he does not have good fortune from the gods.
560

Iphigenia

Did Agamemnon leave any other children in his house?

Orestes

He left one virgin daughter, Electra.

Iphigenia

What else? Is there any report of the daughter who was sacrificed?

Orestes

None, except that she is dead and does not see the light.

Iphigenia

Unhappy girl, and also the father that killed her!
565

Orestes

As a thankless favor to an evil woman, she died.

Iphigenia

Does the dead father’s son live at Argos ?

Orestes

He lives, the miserable one, both nowhere and everywhere.

Iphigenia

False dreams, farewell; after all, you were nothing.

Orestes

And those who are called wise divinities are not less false than winged dreams. These is much confusion, both in divine affairs and in human; but only this is a grief to the one who was not foolish, but trusted in the words of prophets
570

and died—as he died to those that know.
575

Chorus Leader

Ah! What about me, and my parents? Are they alive? Are they not? Who can say?

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.) — 540 focus

Wer bist du? Dir sind Hellas' Dinge wohlbekannt.
520

Iphigenia.

Ich stamme dorther; noch ein Kind, verschwand ich schon.

Orestes.

Recht hast du denn, zu forschen, wie's dort steht, o Frau.¹

Iphigenia.

Wie geht's dem Feldherrn, den man einst als glucklich pries?

Orestes.

Wem? Den ich kenne, dieser war kein Glücklicher.

Iphigenia.

Ein König war's, Agamemnon, Atreus' Sohn genannt.
525

Orestes.

Weiß nicht; von dieser Sache ſprich nicht mehr, o Frau.

Iphigenia.

Nein, bei den Göttern! Rede, Freund, zum Troste mir.

Orestes.

Todt ist er, zog auch Andre mit in seinen Tod.

Iphigenia.

Todt? Welcher Unfall todtet' ihn? Ich Elende!

Orestes.

Was seufzest du darüber? War er dir verwandt?
530

Iphigenia.

Um seines Gluckes alten Glanz beseufz' ich ihn.²

Orestes.

Graunvollen Todes kam er um durch Gattenhand.

Iphigenia.

O Thränenwerthe, Mörderin und Gemordeter!

Orestes.

Nun schweige, bitt' ich, frage mich nicht weiter mehr.

Iphigenia.

Nur Eines: lebt sie noch, des armen Mannes Weib?
535

Orestes.

Nicht mehr; der Sohn erschlug sie, den sie selbst gebar.

Iphigenia.

O Haus des Unglücks! Und warum erschlug er sie?

Orestes.

Des Vaters Tod zu råchen, gab er ihr den Tod.

Iphigenia.

Wie wacker ubt' er, was gerecht und schändlich war!

Orestes.

Doch schlimm ergeht's ihm, den die Götter rein erklärt.
540

Iphigenia.

Ließ Agamemnon noch ein andres Kind daheim?

Orestes.

Elektra, seine Tochter, noch als einziges.

Iphigenia.

Wie? Weiß man nichts von jener, die geopfert ward?

Orestes.

Blos dies: gestorben ist sie, schaut die Sonne nicht.

Iphigenia.

Elend sie selbst und der Vater, der sie mordete!
545

Orestes.

Sie fand um schndden Weibes Dank danklosen Tod.

Iphigenia.

Der Sohn des todten Vaters lebt in Argos noch?

Orestes.

Er lebt, in Elend, nirgendwo und uberall.

Iphigenia.

Fahrt wohl, ihr Lügenträume! Nichts denn waret ihr.

Orestes.

Und auch die Götter, die der Mensch allweise nennt,
550

Sind lügenhaft, beschwingten Traumgebilden gleich.³

In Allem, ob es göttlich, ob es menschlich sei,

Ist viel Verwirrung. Schmerzlich ist ihm Eines nur:

Lbwohl verständig, baut' er auf Prophetenwort,⁴

Und endet, wie ihn endend weiß der Kundige.
555

Chor.

Wie geht's mit uns? Was ward aus unsern Aeltern? Ach!

Ach! Sind sie lebend? Sind sie todt? Wer sagt es uns?

Iphigenia.

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Ὀρέστης τίς εἶ ποθʼ; ὡς εὖ πυνθάνῃ τἀφʼ Ἑλλάδος. 540

Ἰφιγένεια ἐκεῖθέν εἰμι· παῖς ἔτʼ οὖσʼ ἀπωλόμην.

Ὀρέστης ὀρθῶς ποθεῖς ἄρʼ εἰδέναι τἀκεῖ, γύναι.

Ἰφιγένεια τί δʼ ὁ στρατηγός, ὃν λέγουσʼ εὐδαιμονεῖν;

Ὀρέστης τίς; οὐ γὰρ ὅν γʼ ἐγᾦδα τῶν εὐδαιμόνων.

Ἰφιγένεια Ἀτρέως ἐλέγετο δή τις Ἀγαμέμνων ἄναξ. 545

Ὀρέστης οὐκ οἶδʼ· ἄπελθε τοῦ λόγου τούτου, γύναι.

Ἰφιγένεια μὴ πρὸς θεῶν, ἀλλʼ εἴφʼ, ἵνʼ εὐφρανθῶ, ξένε.

Ὀρέστης τέθνηχʼ ὁ τλήμων, πρὸς δʼ ἀπώλεσέν τινα.

Ἰφιγένεια τέθνηκε; ποίᾳ συμφορᾷ; τάλαινʼ ἐγώ.

Ὀρέστης τί δʼ ἐστέναξας τοῦτο; μῶν προσῆκέ σοι; 550

Ἰφιγένεια τὸν ὄλβον αὐτοῦ τὸν πάροιθʼ ἀναστένω.

Ὀρέστης δεινῶς γὰρ ἐκ γυναικὸς οἴχεται σφαγείς.

Ἰφιγένεια ὦ πανδάκρυτος ἡ κτανοῦσα χὡ κτανών.

Ὀρέστης παῦσαί νυν ἤδη μηδʼ ἐρωτήσῃς πέρα.

Ἰφιγένεια τοσόνδε γʼ, εἰ ζῇ τοῦ ταλαιπώρου δάμαρ. 555

Ὀρέστης οὐκ ἔστι· παῖς νιν ὃν ἔτεχʼ, οὗτος ὤλεσεν.

Ἰφιγένεια ὦ συνταραχθεὶς οἶκος. ὡς τί δὴ θέλων;

Ὀρέστης πατρὸς θανόντος τήνδε τιμωρούμενος.

Ἰφιγένεια φεῦ· ὡς εὖ κακὸν δίκαιον εἰσεπράξατο.

Ὀρέστης ἀλλʼ οὐ τὰ πρὸς θεῶν εὐτυχεῖ δίκαιος ὤν. 560

Ἰφιγένεια λείπει δʼ ἐν οἴκοις ἄλλον Ἀγαμέμνων γόνον;

Ὀρέστης λέλοιπεν Ἠλέκτραν γε παρθένον μίαν.

Ἰφιγένεια τί δέ; σφαγείσης θυγατρὸς ἔστι τις λόγος;

Ὀρέστης οὐδείς γε, πλὴν θανοῦσαν οὐχ ὁρᾶν φάος.

Ἰφιγένεια τάλαινʼ ἐκείνη χὡ κτανὼν αὐτὴν πατήρ. 565

Ὀρέστης κακῆς γυναικὸς χάριν ἄχαριν ἀπώλετο.

Ἰφιγένεια ὁ τοῦ θανόντος δʼ ἔστι παῖς Ἄργει πατρός;

Ὀρέστης ἔστʼ, ἄθλιός γε, κοὐδαμοῦ καὶ πανταχοῦ.

Ἰφιγένεια ψευδεῖς ὄνειροι, χαίρετʼ· οὐδὲν ἦτʼ ἄρα.

Χορός φεῦ φεῦ· τί δʼ ἡμεῖς οἵ τʼ ἐμοὶ γεννήτορες; ἆρʼ εἰσίν; ἆρʼ οὐκ εἰσί; τίς φράσειεν ἄν;

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Orestes Who are you? How well you ask about Hellas ! 540

Iphigenia I am from there; while still a child I was lost.

Orestes Then rightly you desire to know what has happened there, lady.

Iphigenia What about the general, who is said to be happy?

Orestes Who? The one I knew was not happy.

Iphigenia There was said to be a certain lord, Agamemnon, son of Atreus. 545

Orestes I do not know; leave this subject, lady.

Iphigenia No, by the gods, but tell me, stranger, to delight me.

Orestes The wretched man is dead, and in addition he destroyed another.

Iphigenia Dead? By what fate? I am unhappy!

Orestes Why do you mourn for this? It doesn’t concern you, does it? 550

Iphigenia I grieve for his former prosperity.

Orestes Yes, for he was dreadfully murdered by a woman.

Iphigenia O miserable the slayer . . . and the slain!

Orestes Stop now, and do not ask further.

Iphigenia Only this much, if the wife of the wretched man is alive. 555

Orestes She is not; she was killed by the son that she bore.

Iphigenia O house thrown into confusion! What was his intent?

Orestes To avenge on her the death of his father.

Iphigenia Ah! How well he exacted an evil justice!

Orestes Though he is just, he does not have good fortune from the gods. 560

Iphigenia Did Agamemnon leave any other children in his house?

Orestes He left one virgin daughter, Electra.

Iphigenia What else? Is there any report of the daughter who was sacrificed?

Orestes None, except that she is dead and does not see the light.

Iphigenia Unhappy girl, and also the father that killed her! 565

Orestes As a thankless favor to an evil woman, she died.

Iphigenia Does the dead father’s son live at Argos ?

Orestes He lives, the miserable one, both nowhere and everywhere.

Iphigenia False dreams, farewell; after all, you were nothing.

Orestes And those who are called wise divinities are not less false than winged dreams. These is much confusion, both in divine affairs and in human; but only this is a grief to the one who was not foolish, but trusted in the words of prophets 570 and died—as he died to those that know. 575

Chorus Leader Ah! What about me, and my parents? Are they alive? Are they not? Who can say?

Wer bist du? Dir sind Hellas' Dinge wohlbekannt. 520

Iphigenia. Ich stamme dorther; noch ein Kind, verschwand ich schon.

Orestes. Recht hast du denn, zu forschen, wie's dort steht, o Frau. 1

Iphigenia. Wie geht's dem Feldherrn, den man einst als glucklich pries?

Orestes. Wem? Den ich kenne, dieser war kein Glücklicher.

Iphigenia. Ein König war's, Agamemnon, Atreus' Sohn genannt. 525

Orestes. Weiß nicht; von dieser Sache ſprich nicht mehr, o Frau.

Iphigenia. Nein, bei den Göttern! Rede, Freund, zum Troste mir.

Orestes. Todt ist er, zog auch Andre mit in seinen Tod.

Iphigenia. Todt? Welcher Unfall todtet' ihn? Ich Elende!

Orestes. Was seufzest du darüber? War er dir verwandt? 530

Iphigenia. Um seines Gluckes alten Glanz beseufz' ich ihn. 2

Orestes. Graunvollen Todes kam er um durch Gattenhand.

Iphigenia. O Thränenwerthe, Mörderin und Gemordeter!

Ὀρέστης

τίς εἶ ποθʼ; ὡς εὖ πυνθάνῃ τἀφʼ Ἑλλάδος.
540

Ἰφιγένεια

ἐκεῖθέν εἰμι· παῖς ἔτʼ οὖσʼ ἀπωλόμην.

Ὀρέστης

ὀρθῶς ποθεῖς ἄρʼ εἰδέναι τἀκεῖ, γύναι.

Ἰφιγένεια

τί δʼ ὁ στρατηγός, ὃν λέγουσʼ εὐδαιμονεῖν;

Ὀρέστης

τίς; οὐ γὰρ ὅν γʼ ἐγᾦδα τῶν εὐδαιμόνων.

Ἰφιγένεια

Ἀτρέως ἐλέγετο δή τις Ἀγαμέμνων ἄναξ.
545

Ὀρέστης

οὐκ οἶδʼ· ἄπελθε τοῦ λόγου τούτου, γύναι.

Ἰφιγένεια

μὴ πρὸς θεῶν, ἀλλʼ εἴφʼ, ἵνʼ εὐφρανθῶ, ξένε.

Ὀρέστης

τέθνηχʼ ὁ τλήμων, πρὸς δʼ ἀπώλεσέν τινα.

Ἰφιγένεια

τέθνηκε; ποίᾳ συμφορᾷ; τάλαινʼ ἐγώ.

Ὀρέστης

τί δʼ ἐστέναξας τοῦτο; μῶν προσῆκέ σοι;
550

Ἰφιγένεια

τὸν ὄλβον αὐτοῦ τὸν πάροιθʼ ἀναστένω.

Ὀρέστης

δεινῶς γὰρ ἐκ γυναικὸς οἴχεται σφαγείς.

Ἰφιγένεια

ὦ πανδάκρυτος ἡ κτανοῦσα χὡ κτανών.

Ὀρέστης

παῦσαί νυν ἤδη μηδʼ ἐρωτήσῃς πέρα.

Ἰφιγένεια

τοσόνδε γʼ, εἰ ζῇ τοῦ ταλαιπώρου δάμαρ.
555

Ὀρέστης

οὐκ ἔστι· παῖς νιν ὃν ἔτεχʼ, οὗτος ὤλεσεν.

Ἰφιγένεια

ὦ συνταραχθεὶς οἶκος. ὡς τί δὴ θέλων;

Ὀρέστης

πατρὸς θανόντος τήνδε τιμωρούμενος.

Ἰφιγένεια

φεῦ·

ὡς εὖ κακὸν δίκαιον εἰσεπράξατο.

Ὀρέστης

ἀλλʼ οὐ τὰ πρὸς θεῶν εὐτυχεῖ δίκαιος ὤν.
560

Ἰφιγένεια

λείπει δʼ ἐν οἴκοις ἄλλον Ἀγαμέμνων γόνον;

Ὀρέστης

λέλοιπεν Ἠλέκτραν γε παρθένον μίαν.

Ἰφιγένεια

τί δέ; σφαγείσης θυγατρὸς ἔστι τις λόγος;

Ὀρέστης

οὐδείς γε, πλὴν θανοῦσαν οὐχ ὁρᾶν φάος.

Ἰφιγένεια

τάλαινʼ ἐκείνη χὡ κτανὼν αὐτὴν πατήρ.
565

Ὀρέστης

κακῆς γυναικὸς χάριν ἄχαριν ἀπώλετο.

Ἰφιγένεια

ὁ τοῦ θανόντος δʼ ἔστι παῖς Ἄργει πατρός;

Ὀρέστης

ἔστʼ, ἄθλιός γε, κοὐδαμοῦ καὶ πανταχοῦ.

Ἰφιγένεια

ψευδεῖς ὄνειροι, χαίρετʼ· οὐδὲν ἦτʼ ἄρα.

Χορός

φεῦ φεῦ· τί δʼ ἡμεῖς οἵ τʼ ἐμοὶ γεννήτορες;

ἆρʼ εἰσίν; ἆρʼ οὐκ εἰσί; τίς φράσειεν ἄν;

Orestes

Who are you? How well you ask about Hellas !
540

Iphigenia

I am from there; while still a child I was lost.

Orestes

Then rightly you desire to know what has happened there, lady.

Iphigenia

What about the general, who is said to be happy?

Orestes

Who? The one I knew was not happy.

Iphigenia

There was said to be a certain lord, Agamemnon, son of Atreus.
545

Orestes

I do not know; leave this subject, lady.

Iphigenia

No, by the gods, but tell me, stranger, to delight me.

Orestes

The wretched man is dead, and in addition he destroyed another.

Iphigenia

Dead? By what fate? I am unhappy!

Orestes

Why do you mourn for this? It doesn’t concern you, does it?
550

Iphigenia

I grieve for his former prosperity.

Orestes

Yes, for he was dreadfully murdered by a woman.

Iphigenia

O miserable the slayer . . . and the slain!

Orestes

Stop now, and do not ask further.

Iphigenia

Only this much, if the wife of the wretched man is alive.
555

Orestes

She is not; she was killed by the son that she bore.

Iphigenia

O house thrown into confusion! What was his intent?

Orestes

To avenge on her the death of his father.

Iphigenia

Ah! How well he exacted an evil justice!

Orestes

Though he is just, he does not have good fortune from the gods.
560

Iphigenia

Did Agamemnon leave any other children in his house?

Orestes

He left one virgin daughter, Electra.

Iphigenia

What else? Is there any report of the daughter who was sacrificed?

Orestes

None, except that she is dead and does not see the light.

Iphigenia

Unhappy girl, and also the father that killed her!
565

Orestes

As a thankless favor to an evil woman, she died.

Iphigenia

Does the dead father’s son live at Argos ?

Orestes

He lives, the miserable one, both nowhere and everywhere.

Iphigenia

False dreams, farewell; after all, you were nothing.

Orestes

And those who are called wise divinities are not less false than winged dreams. These is much confusion, both in divine affairs and in human; but only this is a grief to the one who was not foolish, but trusted in the words of prophets
570

and died—as he died to those that know.
575

Chorus Leader

Ah! What about me, and my parents? Are they alive? Are they not? Who can say?

Wer bist du? Dir sind Hellas' Dinge wohlbekannt.
520

Iphigenia.

Ich stamme dorther; noch ein Kind, verschwand ich schon.

Orestes.

Recht hast du denn, zu forschen, wie's dort steht, o Frau.¹

Iphigenia.

Wie geht's dem Feldherrn, den man einst als glucklich pries?

Orestes.

Wem? Den ich kenne, dieser war kein Glücklicher.

Iphigenia.

Ein König war's, Agamemnon, Atreus' Sohn genannt.
525

Orestes.

Weiß nicht; von dieser Sache ſprich nicht mehr, o Frau.

Iphigenia.

Nein, bei den Göttern! Rede, Freund, zum Troste mir.

Orestes.

Todt ist er, zog auch Andre mit in seinen Tod.

Iphigenia.

Todt? Welcher Unfall todtet' ihn? Ich Elende!

Orestes.

Was seufzest du darüber? War er dir verwandt?
530

Iphigenia.

Um seines Gluckes alten Glanz beseufz' ich ihn.²

Orestes.

Graunvollen Todes kam er um durch Gattenhand.

Iphigenia.

O Thränenwerthe, Mörderin und Gemordeter!

Orestes.

Nun schweige, bitt' ich, frage mich nicht weiter mehr.

Iphigenia.

Nur Eines: lebt sie noch, des armen Mannes Weib?
535

Orestes.

Nicht mehr; der Sohn erschlug sie, den sie selbst gebar.