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ἥκω δὲ πεισθεὶς σοῖς λόγοισιν ἐνθάδε
ἄγνωστον ἐς γῆν, ἄξενον. σὲ δʼ ἱστορῶ,
Πυλάδη — σὺ γάρ μοι τοῦδε συλλήπτωρ πόνου —
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τί δρῶμεν; ἀμφίβληστρα γὰρ τοίχων ὁρᾷς
ὑψηλά· πότερα δωμάτων προσαμβάσεις
ἐκβησόμεσθα; πῶς ἂν οὖν λάθοιμεν ἄν;
ἢ χαλκότευκτα κλῇθρα λύσαντες μοχλοῖς —
ὧν οὐδὲν ἴσμεν; ἢν δʼ ἀνοίγοντες πύλας
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ληφθῶμεν ἐσβάσεις τε μηχανώμενοι,
θανούμεθʼ. ἀλλὰ πρὶν θανεῖν, νεὼς ἔπι
φεύγωμεν, ᾗπερ δεῦρʼ ἐναυστολήσαμεν.

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.)) — 93 focus
I have come here, obedient to your words, to an unknown, inhospitable land. I ask you,
Pylades, for you are my accomplice in this task, what shall we do? You see that the surrounding walls are high; shall we ascend the steps leading up to the house? But how might we escape notice? Or loosening the bronze bars of the door with levers,
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of which we know nothing? If we are caught opening the gates and contriving an entrance, we shall die. No, but before we die, let us escape on the ship in which we sailed here.
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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.) — 93 focus
Ich kam, gehorsam deinem Wort, in dieses Land,
Das unbekannte, wilde. Doch - dich frag' ich nun,
Mein Pylades: (du theilst ja diese Noth mit mir)
Was machen wir? Du siehst der Mauern ragende
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Befestigungen. Suchen wir die Tempelwand
Hinanzuklimmen? Wie vermochten wir's geheim?
So sprengen wir mit Hebeln eherne Riegel ein?
Hier, wo wir fremd sind? Aber öffnen wir das Thor,
Versuchen Einbruch, und ergreift man uns, so droht
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Gewisser Tod uns. Eh wir sterben, fliehen wir
Zum Schiffe lieber, das uns trug an diesen Strand.