Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, ed. Gilbert Murray, 640

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Ἰφιγένεια

ὦ πάτερ, ἐσεῖδόν σʼ ἀσμένη πολλῷ χρόνῳ.
640

Ἀγαμέμνων

καὶ γὰρ πατὴρ σέ· τόδʼ ἴσον ὑπὲρ ἀμφοῖν λέγεις.

Ἰφιγένεια

χαῖρʼ· εὖ δέ μʼ ἀγαγὼν πρὸς σʼ ἐποίησας, πάτερ.

Ἀγαμέμνων

οὐκ οἶδʼ ὅπως φῶ τοῦτο καὶ μὴ φῶ, τέκνον.

Ἰφιγένεια

ἔα·

ὡς οὐ βλέπεις ἕκηλον ἄσμενός μʼ ἰδών.

Ἀγαμέμνων

πόλλʼ ἀνδρὶ βασιλεῖ καὶ στρατηλάτῃ μέλει.
645

Ἰφιγένεια

παρʼ ἐμοὶ γενοῦ νῦν, μὴ ʼπὶ φροντίδας τρέπου.

Ἀγαμέμνων

ἀλλʼ εἰμὶ παρὰ σοὶ νῦν ἅπας κοὐκ ἄλλοθι.

Ἰφιγένεια

μέθες νυν ὀφρὺν ὄμμα τʼ ἔκτεινον φίλον.

Ἀγαμέμνων

ἰδού, γέγηθά σʼ ὡς γέγηθʼ ὁρῶν, τέκνον.

Ἰφιγένεια

κἄπειτα λείβεις δάκρυʼ ἀπʼ ὀμμάτων σέθεν;
650

Ἀγαμέμνων

μακρὰ γὰρ ἡμῖν ἡ ʼπιοῦσʼ ἀπουσία.

Ἰφιγένεια

οὐκ οἶδʼ ὅ τι φῄς, οὐκ οἶδα, φίλτατʼ ἐμοὶ πάτερ.

Ἀγαμέμνων

συνετὰ λέγουσα μᾶλλον εἰς οἶκτόν μʼ ἄγεις.

Ἰφιγένεια

ἀσύνετά νυν ἐροῦμεν, εἰ σέ γʼ εὐφρανῶ.

Ἀγαμέμνων

παπαῖ. τὸ σιγᾶν οὐ σθένω· σὲ δʼ ᾔνεσα.
655

Ἰφιγένεια

μένʼ, ὦ πάτερ, κατʼ οἶκον ἐπὶ τέκνοις σέθεν.

Ἀγαμέμνων

θέλω γε· τὸ θέλειν δʼ οὐκ ἔχων ἀλγύνομαι.

Ἰφιγένεια

ὄλοιντο λόγχαι καὶ τὰ Μενέλεω κακά.

Ἀγαμέμνων

ἄλλους ὀλεῖ πρόσθʼ ἃ ἐμὲ διολέσαντʼ ἔχει.

Ἰφιγένεια

ὡς πολὺν ἀπῆσθα χρόνον ἐν Αὐλίδος μυχοῖς.
660

Ἀγαμέμνων

καὶ νῦν γέ μʼ ἴσχει δή τι μὴ στέλλειν στρατόν.

Ἰφιγένεια

ποῦ τοὺς Φρύγας λέγουσιν ᾠκίσθαι, πάτερ;

Ἀγαμέμνων

οὗ μήποτʼ οἰκεῖν ὤφελʼ ὁ Πριάμου Πάρις.

Ἰφιγένεια

μακρὰν ἀπαίρεις, ὦ πάτερ, λιπὼν ἐμέ.

Ἀγαμέμνων

εἰς ταὐτόν, ὦ θύγατερ, ἥκεις σῷ πατρί.
665

Ἰφιγένεια

φεῦ·

εἴθʼ ἦν καλόν μοι σοί τʼ ἄγειν σύμπλουν ἐμέ.

Ἀγαμέμνων

ἔτʼ ἔστι καὶ σοὶ πλοῦς, ἵνʼ ἀμμνήσῃ πατρός.

Ἰφιγένεια

σὺν μητρὶ πλεύσασʼ ἢ μόνη πορεύσομαι;

Ἀγαμέμνων

μόνη, μονωθεῖσʼ ἀπὸ πατρὸς καὶ μητέρος.

Ἰφιγένεια

οὔ πού μʼ ἐς ἄλλα δώματʼ οἰκίζεις, πάτερ;
670

Ἀγαμέμνων

ἐατέʼ· οὐ χρὴ τοιάδʼ εἰδέναι κόρας.

Ἰφιγένεια

σπεῦδʼ ἐκ Φρυγῶν μοι, θέμενος εὖ τἀκεῖ, πάτερ.

Ἀγαμέμνων

θῦσαί με θυσίαν πρῶτα δεῖ τινʼ ἐνθάδε.

Ἰφιγένεια

ἀλλὰ ξὺν ἱεροῖς χρὴ τό γʼ εὐσεβὲς σκοπεῖν.

Ἀγαμέμνων

εἴσῃ σύ· χερνίβων γὰρ ἑστήξῃ πέλας.
675

Ἰφιγένεια

στήσομεν ἄρʼ ἀμφὶ βωμόν, ὦ πάτερ, χορούς;

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

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Current edition Perseus

Ἰφιγένεια ἐν Αὐλίδι (Greek) (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. III. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. (Reprinted 1920-1978))

Translations (3)

Iphigenia at Aulis Perseus (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. II. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1891. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 640 focus

Iphigenia
throwing herself into Agamemnon’s arms.

I see you, father, joyfully after a long time.
640

Agamemnon

And I, your father, see you; your words do equal duty for both of us.

Iphigenia

All hail, father! you did well in bringing me here to you.

Agamemnon

I know not how I am to say yes or no to that, my child.

Iphigenia

Ah! how wildly you are looking, spite of your joy at seeing me.

Agamemnon

A man has many cares when he is king and general too.
645

Iphigenia

Be mine, all mine today; do not turn to moody thoughts.

Agamemnon

Why so I am, all yours today; I have no other thought.

Iphigenia

Then smooth your knitted brow, unbend and smile.

Agamemnon

See! my child, my joy at seeing you is even as it is.

Iphigenia

And do you then have tears streaming from your eyes?
650

Agamemnon

Yes, for long is the absence from each other, that awaits us.

Iphigenia

I do not know, dear father, I do not know of what you are speaking.¹

Agamemnon

You are moving my pity all the more by speaking so sensibly.

Iphigenia

My words shall turn to senselessness if that will cheer you more.

Agamemnon

Alas! this silence is too much. You have my thanks.
655

Iphigenia

Stay with your children at home, father.

Agamemnon

My own wish!² But to my sorrow I may not

Iphigenia

Ruin seize their wars and the woes of Menelaus!

Agamemnon

First will that, which has been my life-long ruin, bring ruin to others.³

Iphigenia

How long you were absent in the bays of Aulis !
660

Agamemnon

Yes, and there is still a hindrance to my sending the army forward.

Iphigenia

Where do men say the Phrygians live, father?

Agamemnon

In a land where I wish Paris , the son of Priam, never had dwelt.

Iphigenia

It is a long voyage you are bound on, father, after you leave me.

Agamemnon

You will meet your father again, my daughter.
665

Iphigenia

Ah! would it were seemly for you to take me as a fellow voyager!⁴

Agamemnon

You too have⁵ a voyage to make to a haven where you will remember your father.

Iphigenia

Shall I sail there with my mother or alone?

Agamemnon

All alone, without father or mother.

Iphigenia

What! have you found me a new home, father?
670

Agamemnon

Enough of this! it is not for girls to know such things.

Iphigenia

Please hurry home from Troy , father, as soon as you have triumphed there.

Agamemnon

There is a sacrifice I have first to offer here.

Iphigenia

Yes, it is your duty to heed religion with aid of holy rites.⁶

Agamemnon

You will witness it, for you will be standing near the libations.
675

Iphigenia

Am I to lead the dance then round the altar, father?

Iphigenia in Aulis (OCR draft) Experimental (Iphigenia in Aulis. 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.) — 640 focus

Wie freut mich's, Vater, dich zu sehn nach langer Zeit!
630

Agamemnon.

Und mich - die Tochter! Was du sagst, uns beide gilt's.

Iphigenia.

Willkommen! Schön war's, daß du mich zu dir beriefst!

Agamemnon.

Nicht weiß ich, wie ich's nennen und nicht nennen soll.

Iphigenia.

Du blickst so traurig und verstört, und siehst mich gern?

Agamemnon.

Ein Fürst, ein Feldherr hat der Sorgen mancherlei.
635

Iphigenia.

Sei nur bei mir nun, denke nicht an Sorgen mehr.

Agamemnon.

Auch bin ich eben ganz bei dir, nicht anderswo.

Iphigenia.

Verbanne denn die Falten, sieh mich heiter an.

Agamemnon.

Mich freut es, dich zu sehen, wie mich's freuen kann.

Iphigenia.

Und dennoch stromen Zähren aus dem Auge dir?
640

Agamemnon.

Wohl; eine Trennung, lang und schwer, steht uns bevor.

Iphigenia.

Ich weiß, ich weiß nicht, liebster Vater, was du meinst.

Agamemnon.

Verständig redend stimmst du mich noch trauriger.

Iphigenia.

So red' ich unverständig, wenn's dich heiter stimmt.

Agamemnon.

Ha, schweigen kann ich långer nicht! - Ich lobe dich.
645

Iphigenia.

Daheim bei deinen Kindern bleib, o Vater, bleib!

Agamemnon.

Gern wollt' ich; daß ich's nicht vermag, bekummert mich.

Iphigenia.

Fluch allem Krieg und Uebel, das Menelaos schuf!

Agamemnon.

Zuvor verderbt es Andre noch, was mich verdarb.

Iphigenia.

Wie lange warst du ferne schon in Aulis' Bucht!
650

Agamemnon.

Und nun auch hemmt noch Etwas unsre Weiterfahrt.¹

Iphigenia.

Wo, sagt man, Vater, wohnt es denn, das Phrygervolk?

Agamemnon.

Wo Paris sollte nimmermehr geboren sein.

Iphigenia.

Du schiffst so weit weg, Vater, und verlåssest mich?

Agamemnon.

Zum gleichen Ziel mit deinem Vater kommst auch du.
655

Iphigenia.

Wie glucklich, könnt' ich deiner Fahrt Genossin sein!

Agamemnon.

Auch deiner wartet eine Fahrt, wo du mein gedenkst.²

Iphigenia.

Mit meiner Mutter, oder reis ich dann allein?

Agamemnon.

Allein, getrennt vom Vater und der Mutter fern.

Iphigenia.

Doch nicht in andre Häuser bringst du, Vater, mich?³
660

Agamemnon.

Laß solches; das zu wissen, ziemt Jungfrauen nicht.

Iphigenia.

Komm bald von Troja, wenn du dort es wohl bestellt.

Agamemnon.

Ein Opfer opfern muß ich noch vor Allem hier.

Iphigenia.

Mit Priestern überlege denn den frommen Brauch.

Agamemnon.

Gewiß; du wirst dem heiligen Wasser nahe stehn.
665

Iphigenia.

Chortanz' am Altar feiern wir, mein Vater, dann?

Agamemnon.

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Ἰφιγένεια ὦ πάτερ, ἐσεῖδόν σʼ ἀσμένη πολλῷ χρόνῳ. 640

Ἀγαμέμνων καὶ γὰρ πατὴρ σέ· τόδʼ ἴσον ὑπὲρ ἀμφοῖν λέγεις.

Ἰφιγένεια χαῖρʼ· εὖ δέ μʼ ἀγαγὼν πρὸς σʼ ἐποίησας, πάτερ.

Ἀγαμέμνων οὐκ οἶδʼ ὅπως φῶ τοῦτο καὶ μὴ φῶ, τέκνον.

Ἰφιγένεια ἔα· ὡς οὐ βλέπεις ἕκηλον ἄσμενός μʼ ἰδών.

Ἀγαμέμνων πόλλʼ ἀνδρὶ βασιλεῖ καὶ στρατηλάτῃ μέλει. 645

Ἰφιγένεια παρʼ ἐμοὶ γενοῦ νῦν, μὴ ʼπὶ φροντίδας τρέπου.

Ἀγαμέμνων ἀλλʼ εἰμὶ παρὰ σοὶ νῦν ἅπας κοὐκ ἄλλοθι.

Ἰφιγένεια μέθες νυν ὀφρὺν ὄμμα τʼ ἔκτεινον φίλον.

Ἀγαμέμνων ἰδού, γέγηθά σʼ ὡς γέγηθʼ ὁρῶν, τέκνον.

Ἰφιγένεια κἄπειτα λείβεις δάκρυʼ ἀπʼ ὀμμάτων σέθεν; 650

Ἀγαμέμνων μακρὰ γὰρ ἡμῖν ἡ ʼπιοῦσʼ ἀπουσία.

Ἰφιγένεια οὐκ οἶδʼ ὅ τι φῄς, οὐκ οἶδα, φίλτατʼ ἐμοὶ πάτερ.

Ἀγαμέμνων συνετὰ λέγουσα μᾶλλον εἰς οἶκτόν μʼ ἄγεις.

Ἰφιγένεια ἀσύνετά νυν ἐροῦμεν, εἰ σέ γʼ εὐφρανῶ.

Ἀγαμέμνων παπαῖ. τὸ σιγᾶν οὐ σθένω· σὲ δʼ ᾔνεσα. 655

Ἰφιγένεια μένʼ, ὦ πάτερ, κατʼ οἶκον ἐπὶ τέκνοις σέθεν.

Ἀγαμέμνων θέλω γε· τὸ θέλειν δʼ οὐκ ἔχων ἀλγύνομαι.

Ἰφιγένεια ὄλοιντο λόγχαι καὶ τὰ Μενέλεω κακά.

Ἀγαμέμνων ἄλλους ὀλεῖ πρόσθʼ ἃ ἐμὲ διολέσαντʼ ἔχει.

Ἰφιγένεια ὡς πολὺν ἀπῆσθα χρόνον ἐν Αὐλίδος μυχοῖς. 660

Ἀγαμέμνων καὶ νῦν γέ μʼ ἴσχει δή τι μὴ στέλλειν στρατόν.

Ἰφιγένεια ποῦ τοὺς Φρύγας λέγουσιν ᾠκίσθαι, πάτερ;

Ἀγαμέμνων οὗ μήποτʼ οἰκεῖν ὤφελʼ ὁ Πριάμου Πάρις.

Ἰφιγένεια μακρὰν ἀπαίρεις, ὦ πάτερ, λιπὼν ἐμέ.

Ἀγαμέμνων εἰς ταὐτόν, ὦ θύγατερ, ἥκεις σῷ πατρί. 665

Ἰφιγένεια φεῦ· εἴθʼ ἦν καλόν μοι σοί τʼ ἄγειν σύμπλουν ἐμέ.

Ἀγαμέμνων ἔτʼ ἔστι καὶ σοὶ πλοῦς, ἵνʼ ἀμμνήσῃ πατρός.

Ἰφιγένεια σὺν μητρὶ πλεύσασʼ ἢ μόνη πορεύσομαι;

Ἀγαμέμνων μόνη, μονωθεῖσʼ ἀπὸ πατρὸς καὶ μητέρος.

Ἰφιγένεια οὔ πού μʼ ἐς ἄλλα δώματʼ οἰκίζεις, πάτερ; 670

Ἀγαμέμνων ἐατέʼ· οὐ χρὴ τοιάδʼ εἰδέναι κόρας.

Ἰφιγένεια σπεῦδʼ ἐκ Φρυγῶν μοι, θέμενος εὖ τἀκεῖ, πάτερ.

Ἀγαμέμνων θῦσαί με θυσίαν πρῶτα δεῖ τινʼ ἐνθάδε.

Ἰφιγένεια ἀλλὰ ξὺν ἱεροῖς χρὴ τό γʼ εὐσεβὲς σκοπεῖν.

Ἀγαμέμνων εἴσῃ σύ· χερνίβων γὰρ ἑστήξῃ πέλας. 675

Ἰφιγένεια στήσομεν ἄρʼ ἀμφὶ βωμόν, ὦ πάτερ, χορούς;

Current edition Perseus

Iphigenia throwing herself into Agamemnon’s arms. I see you, father, joyfully after a long time. 640

Agamemnon And I, your father, see you; your words do equal duty for both of us.

Iphigenia All hail, father! you did well in bringing me here to you.

Agamemnon I know not how I am to say yes or no to that, my child.

Iphigenia Ah! how wildly you are looking, spite of your joy at seeing me.

Agamemnon A man has many cares when he is king and general too. 645

Iphigenia Be mine, all mine today; do not turn to moody thoughts.

Agamemnon Why so I am, all yours today; I have no other thought.

Iphigenia Then smooth your knitted brow, unbend and smile.

Agamemnon See! my child, my joy at seeing you is even as it is.

Iphigenia And do you then have tears streaming from your eyes? 650

Agamemnon Yes, for long is the absence from each other, that awaits us.

Iphigenia I do not know, dear father, I do not know of what you are speaking. 1

Agamemnon You are moving my pity all the more by speaking so sensibly.

Iphigenia My words shall turn to senselessness if that will cheer you more.

Agamemnon Alas! this silence is too much. You have my thanks. 655

Iphigenia Stay with your children at home, father.

Agamemnon My own wish! 2 But to my sorrow I may not

Iphigenia Ruin seize their wars and the woes of Menelaus!

Agamemnon First will that, which has been my life-long ruin, bring ruin to others. 3

Iphigenia How long you were absent in the bays of Aulis ! 660

Agamemnon Yes, and there is still a hindrance to my sending the army forward.

Iphigenia Where do men say the Phrygians live, father?

Agamemnon In a land where I wish Paris , the son of Priam, never had dwelt.

Iphigenia It is a long voyage you are bound on, father, after you leave me.

Agamemnon You will meet your father again, my daughter. 665

Iphigenia Ah! would it were seemly for you to take me as a fellow voyager! 4

Agamemnon You too have 5 a voyage to make to a haven where you will remember your father.

Iphigenia Shall I sail there with my mother or alone?

Agamemnon All alone, without father or mother.

Iphigenia What! have you found me a new home, father? 670

Agamemnon Enough of this! it is not for girls to know such things.

Iphigenia Please hurry home from Troy , father, as soon as you have triumphed there.

Agamemnon There is a sacrifice I have first to offer here.

Iphigenia Yes, it is your duty to heed religion with aid of holy rites. 6

Agamemnon You will witness it, for you will be standing near the libations. 675

Iphigenia Am I to lead the dance then round the altar, father?

Wie freut mich's, Vater, dich zu sehn nach langer Zeit! 630

Agamemnon. Und mich - die Tochter! Was du sagst, uns beide gilt's.

Iphigenia. Willkommen! Schön war's, daß du mich zu dir beriefst!

Ἰφιγένεια

ὦ πάτερ, ἐσεῖδόν σʼ ἀσμένη πολλῷ χρόνῳ.
640

Ἀγαμέμνων

καὶ γὰρ πατὴρ σέ· τόδʼ ἴσον ὑπὲρ ἀμφοῖν λέγεις.

Ἰφιγένεια

χαῖρʼ· εὖ δέ μʼ ἀγαγὼν πρὸς σʼ ἐποίησας, πάτερ.

Ἀγαμέμνων

οὐκ οἶδʼ ὅπως φῶ τοῦτο καὶ μὴ φῶ, τέκνον.

Ἰφιγένεια

ἔα·

ὡς οὐ βλέπεις ἕκηλον ἄσμενός μʼ ἰδών.

Ἀγαμέμνων

πόλλʼ ἀνδρὶ βασιλεῖ καὶ στρατηλάτῃ μέλει.
645

Ἰφιγένεια

παρʼ ἐμοὶ γενοῦ νῦν, μὴ ʼπὶ φροντίδας τρέπου.

Ἀγαμέμνων

ἀλλʼ εἰμὶ παρὰ σοὶ νῦν ἅπας κοὐκ ἄλλοθι.

Ἰφιγένεια

μέθες νυν ὀφρὺν ὄμμα τʼ ἔκτεινον φίλον.

Ἀγαμέμνων

ἰδού, γέγηθά σʼ ὡς γέγηθʼ ὁρῶν, τέκνον.

Ἰφιγένεια

κἄπειτα λείβεις δάκρυʼ ἀπʼ ὀμμάτων σέθεν;
650

Ἀγαμέμνων

μακρὰ γὰρ ἡμῖν ἡ ʼπιοῦσʼ ἀπουσία.

Ἰφιγένεια

οὐκ οἶδʼ ὅ τι φῄς, οὐκ οἶδα, φίλτατʼ ἐμοὶ πάτερ.

Ἀγαμέμνων

συνετὰ λέγουσα μᾶλλον εἰς οἶκτόν μʼ ἄγεις.

Ἰφιγένεια

ἀσύνετά νυν ἐροῦμεν, εἰ σέ γʼ εὐφρανῶ.

Ἀγαμέμνων

παπαῖ. τὸ σιγᾶν οὐ σθένω· σὲ δʼ ᾔνεσα.
655

Ἰφιγένεια

μένʼ, ὦ πάτερ, κατʼ οἶκον ἐπὶ τέκνοις σέθεν.

Ἀγαμέμνων

θέλω γε· τὸ θέλειν δʼ οὐκ ἔχων ἀλγύνομαι.

Ἰφιγένεια

ὄλοιντο λόγχαι καὶ τὰ Μενέλεω κακά.

Ἀγαμέμνων

ἄλλους ὀλεῖ πρόσθʼ ἃ ἐμὲ διολέσαντʼ ἔχει.

Ἰφιγένεια

ὡς πολὺν ἀπῆσθα χρόνον ἐν Αὐλίδος μυχοῖς.
660

Ἀγαμέμνων

καὶ νῦν γέ μʼ ἴσχει δή τι μὴ στέλλειν στρατόν.

Ἰφιγένεια

ποῦ τοὺς Φρύγας λέγουσιν ᾠκίσθαι, πάτερ;

Ἀγαμέμνων

οὗ μήποτʼ οἰκεῖν ὤφελʼ ὁ Πριάμου Πάρις.

Ἰφιγένεια

μακρὰν ἀπαίρεις, ὦ πάτερ, λιπὼν ἐμέ.

Ἀγαμέμνων

εἰς ταὐτόν, ὦ θύγατερ, ἥκεις σῷ πατρί.
665

Ἰφιγένεια

φεῦ·

εἴθʼ ἦν καλόν μοι σοί τʼ ἄγειν σύμπλουν ἐμέ.

Ἀγαμέμνων

ἔτʼ ἔστι καὶ σοὶ πλοῦς, ἵνʼ ἀμμνήσῃ πατρός.

Ἰφιγένεια

σὺν μητρὶ πλεύσασʼ ἢ μόνη πορεύσομαι;

Ἀγαμέμνων

μόνη, μονωθεῖσʼ ἀπὸ πατρὸς καὶ μητέρος.

Ἰφιγένεια

οὔ πού μʼ ἐς ἄλλα δώματʼ οἰκίζεις, πάτερ;
670

Ἀγαμέμνων

ἐατέʼ· οὐ χρὴ τοιάδʼ εἰδέναι κόρας.

Ἰφιγένεια

σπεῦδʼ ἐκ Φρυγῶν μοι, θέμενος εὖ τἀκεῖ, πάτερ.

Ἀγαμέμνων

θῦσαί με θυσίαν πρῶτα δεῖ τινʼ ἐνθάδε.

Ἰφιγένεια

ἀλλὰ ξὺν ἱεροῖς χρὴ τό γʼ εὐσεβὲς σκοπεῖν.

Ἀγαμέμνων

εἴσῃ σύ· χερνίβων γὰρ ἑστήξῃ πέλας.
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Ἰφιγένεια

στήσομεν ἄρʼ ἀμφὶ βωμόν, ὦ πάτερ, χορούς;

Iphigenia
throwing herself into Agamemnon’s arms.

I see you, father, joyfully after a long time.
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Agamemnon

And I, your father, see you; your words do equal duty for both of us.

Iphigenia

All hail, father! you did well in bringing me here to you.

Agamemnon

I know not how I am to say yes or no to that, my child.

Iphigenia

Ah! how wildly you are looking, spite of your joy at seeing me.

Agamemnon

A man has many cares when he is king and general too.
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Iphigenia

Be mine, all mine today; do not turn to moody thoughts.

Agamemnon

Why so I am, all yours today; I have no other thought.

Iphigenia

Then smooth your knitted brow, unbend and smile.

Agamemnon

See! my child, my joy at seeing you is even as it is.

Iphigenia

And do you then have tears streaming from your eyes?
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Agamemnon

Yes, for long is the absence from each other, that awaits us.

Iphigenia

I do not know, dear father, I do not know of what you are speaking.¹

Agamemnon

You are moving my pity all the more by speaking so sensibly.

Iphigenia

My words shall turn to senselessness if that will cheer you more.

Agamemnon

Alas! this silence is too much. You have my thanks.
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Iphigenia

Stay with your children at home, father.

Agamemnon

My own wish!² But to my sorrow I may not

Iphigenia

Ruin seize their wars and the woes of Menelaus!

Agamemnon

First will that, which has been my life-long ruin, bring ruin to others.³

Iphigenia

How long you were absent in the bays of Aulis !
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Agamemnon

Yes, and there is still a hindrance to my sending the army forward.

Iphigenia

Where do men say the Phrygians live, father?

Agamemnon

In a land where I wish Paris , the son of Priam, never had dwelt.

Iphigenia

It is a long voyage you are bound on, father, after you leave me.

Agamemnon

You will meet your father again, my daughter.
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Iphigenia

Ah! would it were seemly for you to take me as a fellow voyager!⁴

Agamemnon

You too have⁵ a voyage to make to a haven where you will remember your father.

Iphigenia

Shall I sail there with my mother or alone?

Agamemnon

All alone, without father or mother.

Iphigenia

What! have you found me a new home, father?
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Agamemnon

Enough of this! it is not for girls to know such things.

Iphigenia

Please hurry home from Troy , father, as soon as you have triumphed there.

Agamemnon

There is a sacrifice I have first to offer here.

Iphigenia

Yes, it is your duty to heed religion with aid of holy rites.⁶

Agamemnon

You will witness it, for you will be standing near the libations.
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Iphigenia

Am I to lead the dance then round the altar, father?

Wie freut mich's, Vater, dich zu sehn nach langer Zeit!
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Agamemnon.

Und mich - die Tochter! Was du sagst, uns beide gilt's.

Iphigenia.

Willkommen! Schön war's, daß du mich zu dir beriefst!

Agamemnon.

Nicht weiß ich, wie ich's nennen und nicht nennen soll.

Iphigenia.

Du blickst so traurig und verstört, und siehst mich gern?

Agamemnon.

Ein Fürst, ein Feldherr hat der Sorgen mancherlei.
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