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Κλυταιμήστρα

μεῖνον — τί φεύγεις; — δεξιάν τʼ ἐμῇ χερὶ

σύναψον, ἀρχὴν μακαρίαν νυμφευμάτων.

Ἀχιλλεύς

τί φῄς; ἐγώ σοι δεξιάν; αἰδοίμεθʼ ἂν

Ἀγαμέμνονʼ, εἰ ψαύοιμεν ὧν μή μοι θέμις.

Κλυταιμήστρα

θέμις μάλιστα, τὴν ἐμὴν ἐπεὶ γαμεῖς
835

παῖδʼ, ὦ θεᾶς παῖ ποντίας Νηρηίδος.

Ἀχιλλεύς

ποίους γάμους φῄς; ἀφασία μʼ ἔχει, γύναι·

εἰ μή τι παρανοοῦσα καινουργεῖς λόγον;

Κλυταιμήστρα

πᾶσιν τόδʼ ἐμπέφυκεν, αἰδεῖσθαι φίλους

καινοὺς ὁρῶσι καὶ γάμου μεμνημένοις.
840

Ἀχιλλεύς

οὐπώποτʼ ἐμνήστευσα παῖδα σήν, γύναι,

οὐδʼ ἐξ Ἀτρειδῶν ἦλθέ μοι λόγος γάμων.

Κλυταιμήστρα

τί δῆτʼ ἂν εἴη; σὺ πάλιν αὖ λόγους ἐμοὺς

θαύμαζʼ· ἐμοὶ γὰρ θαύματʼ ἐστὶ τὰ παρὰ σοῦ.

Ἀχιλλεύς

εἴκαζε· κοινόν ἐστιν εἰκάζειν τάδε·
845

ἄμφω γὰρ οὐ ψευδόμεθα τοῖς λόγοις ἴσως.

Κλυταιμήστρα

ἀλλʼ ἦ πέπονθα δεινά; μνηστεύω γάμους

οὐκ ὄντας, ὡς εἴξασιν· αἰδοῦμαι τάδε.

Ἀχιλλεύς

ἴσως ἐκερτόμησε κἀμὲ καὶ σέ τις.

ἀλλʼ ἀμελίᾳ δὸς αὐτὰ καὶ φαύλως φέρε.
850

Κλυταιμήστρα

χαῖρʼ· οὐ γὰρ ὀρθοῖς ὄμμασίν σʼ ἔτʼ εἰσορῶ,

ψευδὴς γενομένη καὶ παθοῦσʼ ἀνάξια.

Ἀχιλλεύς

καὶ σοὶ τόδʼ ἐστὶν ἐξ ἐμοῦ· πόσιν δὲ σὸν

στείχω ματεύσων τῶνδε δωμάτων ἔσω.

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.)) — 831 focus

Clytemnestra

Stay; why seek to escape? give me your hand, a prelude to a happy marriage.

Achilles

What is it you say? I give you my hand? To lay a finger where I have no right, I could never meet Agamemnon’s eye.

Clytemnestra

The best of rights you have, seeing it is my child you will wed, O son of the sea-goddess, daughter of Nereus.
835

Achilles

What wedding do you speak of? Words fail me, lady; can your wits have gone astray and are you inventing this?

Clytemnestra

All men are naturally shy in the presence of new relations,

when these remind¹ them of their wedding.
840

Achilles

Lady, I have never courted your daughter, nor have the sons of Atreus ever mentioned marriage to me.

Clytemnestra

What can it mean? Your turn now to marvel at my words, for yours are very strange to me.

Achilles

Hazard a guess; that we can both do in this matter; for it may be we are both correct in our statements.²
845

Clytemnestra

What! have I suffered such indignity? The marriage I am courting has no reality it seems; I am ashmed of it.

Achilles

Some one perhaps has made a mock of you and me;

pay no heed to it; make light of it.
850

Clytemnestra

Farewell; I can no longer face you with unfaltering eyes, after being made a liar and suffering undeservedly.

Achilles

It is farewell I bid you too, lady; and I go within the tent to seek your husband.

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.) — 831 focus

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Κλυταιμήστρα μεῖνον — τί φεύγεις; — δεξιάν τʼ ἐμῇ χερὶ σύναψον, ἀρχὴν μακαρίαν νυμφευμάτων.

Ἀχιλλεύς τί φῄς; ἐγώ σοι δεξιάν; αἰδοίμεθʼ ἂν Ἀγαμέμνονʼ, εἰ ψαύοιμεν ὧν μή μοι θέμις.

Κλυταιμήστρα θέμις μάλιστα, τὴν ἐμὴν ἐπεὶ γαμεῖς 835 παῖδʼ, ὦ θεᾶς παῖ ποντίας Νηρηίδος.

Ἀχιλλεύς ποίους γάμους φῄς; ἀφασία μʼ ἔχει, γύναι· εἰ μή τι παρανοοῦσα καινουργεῖς λόγον;

Κλυταιμήστρα πᾶσιν τόδʼ ἐμπέφυκεν, αἰδεῖσθαι φίλους καινοὺς ὁρῶσι καὶ γάμου μεμνημένοις. 840

Ἀχιλλεύς οὐπώποτʼ ἐμνήστευσα παῖδα σήν, γύναι, οὐδʼ ἐξ Ἀτρειδῶν ἦλθέ μοι λόγος γάμων.

Κλυταιμήστρα τί δῆτʼ ἂν εἴη; σὺ πάλιν αὖ λόγους ἐμοὺς θαύμαζʼ· ἐμοὶ γὰρ θαύματʼ ἐστὶ τὰ παρὰ σοῦ.

Ἀχιλλεύς εἴκαζε· κοινόν ἐστιν εἰκάζειν τάδε· 845 ἄμφω γὰρ οὐ ψευδόμεθα τοῖς λόγοις ἴσως.

Κλυταιμήστρα ἀλλʼ ἦ πέπονθα δεινά; μνηστεύω γάμους οὐκ ὄντας, ὡς εἴξασιν· αἰδοῦμαι τάδε.

Ἀχιλλεύς ἴσως ἐκερτόμησε κἀμὲ καὶ σέ τις. ἀλλʼ ἀμελίᾳ δὸς αὐτὰ καὶ φαύλως φέρε. 850

Κλυταιμήστρα χαῖρʼ· οὐ γὰρ ὀρθοῖς ὄμμασίν σʼ ἔτʼ εἰσορῶ, ψευδὴς γενομένη καὶ παθοῦσʼ ἀνάξια.

Ἀχιλλεύς καὶ σοὶ τόδʼ ἐστὶν ἐξ ἐμοῦ· πόσιν δὲ σὸν στείχω ματεύσων τῶνδε δωμάτων ἔσω.

Current edition Perseus

Clytemnestra Stay; why seek to escape? give me your hand, a prelude to a happy marriage.

Achilles What is it you say? I give you my hand? To lay a finger where I have no right, I could never meet Agamemnon’s eye.

Clytemnestra The best of rights you have, seeing it is my child you will wed, O son of the sea-goddess, daughter of Nereus. 835

Achilles What wedding do you speak of? Words fail me, lady; can your wits have gone astray and are you inventing this?

Clytemnestra All men are naturally shy in the presence of new relations, when these remind 1 them of their wedding. 840

Achilles Lady, I have never courted your daughter, nor have the sons of Atreus ever mentioned marriage to me.

Clytemnestra What can it mean? Your turn now to marvel at my words, for yours are very strange to me.

Achilles Hazard a guess; that we can both do in this matter; for it may be we are both correct in our statements. 2 845

Clytemnestra What! have I suffered such indignity? The marriage I am courting has no reality it seems; I am ashmed of it.

Achilles Some one perhaps has made a mock of you and me; pay no heed to it; make light of it. 850

Clytemnestra Farewell; I can no longer face you with unfaltering eyes, after being made a liar and suffering undeservedly.

Achilles It is farewell I bid you too, lady; and I go within the tent to seek your husband.

Seltsam! Warum entfliehst du? Gib zu glücklichem Beginn des neuen Bundes dein' in meine Hand.

Achilleus. Wie sagst du? Dir ich meine Hand? Ich müßte wohl Agamemnon scheun, beruhrt' ich, was mir nicht geziemt.

Klytamnestra. Gar wohl geziemt es, da du dich mit meinem Kind 825 Vermåhlst, o Sohn der Thetis, die das Meer bewohnt.

Achilleus. Von welcher Hochzeit sprichst du? Mir versagt das Wort, Wenn nicht im Irrthum etwa du solch Neues sagst.

Klytamnestra. Uns alle pflegt, sobald wir neue Freunde sehn, Scheu anzuwandeln, wenn die Red' auf's Freien komunt. 830

Achilleus. Ich freite nie um deine Tochter, Königin, Noch sprachen Atreus' Sohne mir davon ein Wort.

Klytamnestra. Was mag doch das sein? Wundre du dich wiederum Ob meinem Wort; mir lautet deines wunderbar.

Achilleus. Bedenk' es; nachzudenken ziemt uns beiden hier; 835 Vielleicht wir beide ligen nicht mit unserm Wort.

Klytamnestra. Schmachvolle Krankung! Eine Hochzeit stift' ich da, An welcher Nichts ist, scheint es; wie beschämt bin ich!

Achilleus. Wohl trieb ein Schalk nur seinen Spott mit mir und dir; Doch achte das nicht, nimm es hin mit leichtem Sinn. 840

Klytamnestra. Leb wohl! Dich anschaun kann ich nicht mit offnem Blick, Nachdem ich, Schnddes duldend, ward zur Lügnerin.

Achilleus. Dir ruf auch ich zu: lebe wohl! Nun deinen Herrn Bu suchen, geh' ich ungesäumt in dieses Zelt. Der Greis öffnet das Zelt; die Vorigen.

Der Greis.

Stable identifiers

Κλυταιμήστρα

μεῖνον — τί φεύγεις; — δεξιάν τʼ ἐμῇ χερὶ

σύναψον, ἀρχὴν μακαρίαν νυμφευμάτων.

Ἀχιλλεύς

τί φῄς; ἐγώ σοι δεξιάν; αἰδοίμεθʼ ἂν

Ἀγαμέμνονʼ, εἰ ψαύοιμεν ὧν μή μοι θέμις.

Κλυταιμήστρα

θέμις μάλιστα, τὴν ἐμὴν ἐπεὶ γαμεῖς
835

παῖδʼ, ὦ θεᾶς παῖ ποντίας Νηρηίδος.

Ἀχιλλεύς

ποίους γάμους φῄς; ἀφασία μʼ ἔχει, γύναι·

εἰ μή τι παρανοοῦσα καινουργεῖς λόγον;

Κλυταιμήστρα

πᾶσιν τόδʼ ἐμπέφυκεν, αἰδεῖσθαι φίλους

καινοὺς ὁρῶσι καὶ γάμου μεμνημένοις.
840

Ἀχιλλεύς

οὐπώποτʼ ἐμνήστευσα παῖδα σήν, γύναι,

οὐδʼ ἐξ Ἀτρειδῶν ἦλθέ μοι λόγος γάμων.

Κλυταιμήστρα

τί δῆτʼ ἂν εἴη; σὺ πάλιν αὖ λόγους ἐμοὺς

θαύμαζʼ· ἐμοὶ γὰρ θαύματʼ ἐστὶ τὰ παρὰ σοῦ.

Ἀχιλλεύς

εἴκαζε· κοινόν ἐστιν εἰκάζειν τάδε·
845

ἄμφω γὰρ οὐ ψευδόμεθα τοῖς λόγοις ἴσως.

Κλυταιμήστρα

ἀλλʼ ἦ πέπονθα δεινά; μνηστεύω γάμους

οὐκ ὄντας, ὡς εἴξασιν· αἰδοῦμαι τάδε.

Ἀχιλλεύς

ἴσως ἐκερτόμησε κἀμὲ καὶ σέ τις.

ἀλλʼ ἀμελίᾳ δὸς αὐτὰ καὶ φαύλως φέρε.
850

Κλυταιμήστρα

χαῖρʼ· οὐ γὰρ ὀρθοῖς ὄμμασίν σʼ ἔτʼ εἰσορῶ,

ψευδὴς γενομένη καὶ παθοῦσʼ ἀνάξια.

Ἀχιλλεύς

καὶ σοὶ τόδʼ ἐστὶν ἐξ ἐμοῦ· πόσιν δὲ σὸν

στείχω ματεύσων τῶνδε δωμάτων ἔσω.

Clytemnestra

Stay; why seek to escape? give me your hand, a prelude to a happy marriage.

Achilles

What is it you say? I give you my hand? To lay a finger where I have no right, I could never meet Agamemnon’s eye.

Clytemnestra

The best of rights you have, seeing it is my child you will wed, O son of the sea-goddess, daughter of Nereus.
835

Achilles

What wedding do you speak of? Words fail me, lady; can your wits have gone astray and are you inventing this?

Clytemnestra

All men are naturally shy in the presence of new relations,

when these remind¹ them of their wedding.
840

Achilles

Lady, I have never courted your daughter, nor have the sons of Atreus ever mentioned marriage to me.

Clytemnestra

What can it mean? Your turn now to marvel at my words, for yours are very strange to me.

Achilles

Hazard a guess; that we can both do in this matter; for it may be we are both correct in our statements.²
845

Clytemnestra

What! have I suffered such indignity? The marriage I am courting has no reality it seems; I am ashmed of it.

Achilles

Some one perhaps has made a mock of you and me;

pay no heed to it; make light of it.
850

Clytemnestra

Farewell; I can no longer face you with unfaltering eyes, after being made a liar and suffering undeservedly.

Achilles

It is farewell I bid you too, lady; and I go within the tent to seek your husband.

Seltsam! Warum entfliehst du? Gib zu glücklichem

Beginn des neuen Bundes dein' in meine Hand.

Achilleus.

Wie sagst du? Dir ich meine Hand? Ich müßte wohl

Agamemnon scheun, beruhrt' ich, was mir nicht geziemt.

Klytamnestra.

Gar wohl geziemt es, da du dich mit meinem Kind
825

Vermåhlst, o Sohn der Thetis, die das Meer bewohnt.

Achilleus.

Von welcher Hochzeit sprichst du? Mir versagt das Wort,

Wenn nicht im Irrthum etwa du solch Neues sagst.

Klytamnestra.

Uns alle pflegt, sobald wir neue Freunde sehn,

Scheu anzuwandeln, wenn die Red' auf's Freien komunt.
830

Achilleus.

Ich freite nie um deine Tochter, Königin,

Noch sprachen Atreus' Sohne mir davon ein Wort.

Klytamnestra.

Was mag doch das sein? Wundre du dich wiederum

Ob meinem Wort; mir lautet deines wunderbar.

Achilleus.

Bedenk' es; nachzudenken ziemt uns beiden hier;
835

Vielleicht wir beide ligen nicht mit unserm Wort.

Klytamnestra.

Schmachvolle Krankung! Eine Hochzeit stift' ich da,

An welcher Nichts ist, scheint es; wie beschämt bin ich!

Achilleus.

Wohl trieb ein Schalk nur seinen Spott mit mir und dir;

Doch achte das nicht, nimm es hin mit leichtem Sinn.
840

Klytamnestra.

Leb wohl! Dich anschaun kann ich nicht mit offnem Blick,

Nachdem ich, Schnddes duldend, ward zur Lügnerin.

Achilleus.

Dir ruf auch ich zu: lebe wohl! Nun deinen Herrn

Bu suchen, geh' ich ungesäumt in dieses Zelt.

Der Greis öffnet das Zelt; die Vorigen.