Euripides Iphigenia in Aulis 992

ed. Gilbert Murray

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βούλῃ νιν ἱκέτιν σὸν περιπτύξαι γόνυ;
ἀπαρθένευτα μὲν τάδʼ· εἰ δέ σοι δοκεῖ,
ἥξει, διʼ αἰδοῦς ὄμμʼ ἔχουσʼ ἐλεύθερον.
εἰ δʼ οὐ παρούσης ταὐτὰ τεύξομαι σέθεν,
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μενέτω κατʼ οἴκους· σεμνὰ γὰρ σεμνύνεται.
ὅμως δʼ ὅσον γε δυνατὸν αἰδεῖσθαι χρεών.

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

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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.)) — 992 focus
Will you have her clasp your knees as a suppliant? it is no maid’s part; yet if it seems good to you, why, come she shall with the modest look of free-born maid;
but if I shall obtain the same end from you without her coming then let her abide within, for there is dignity in her reserve; still reserve must only go as far as the case allows.
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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.) — 992 focus
Sprich, soll sie flehend deine Knie' umschlingen? Das
Ziemt nicht für Jungfraun; aber wenn du's also willst,
So wird sie kommen, zuchtig und mit offnem Blick.
Doch, wenn sie nicht kommt, werd' ich auch von dir erhört? 1
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