Iphigenia in Aulis
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1465b
1465b
Iphigenia
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Yes, as you see, undeservedly.
1466b
1466b
Iphigenia
1466b
I cannot let you shed a tear. To the Chorus. May it be yours, maidens, to hymn in joyous strains Artemis, the child of Zeus, for my hard lot; and let the order for a solemn hush go forth to the Danaids.
1537b
1537b
Messenger
1537b
No, rather I want to unfold to you a strange and marvellous story about your child.
1601a
Then, when the sacrifice was wholly burnt to ashes in the blazing flame, he offered such prayers as were fitting, that the army might win return; but Agamemnon sends me to tell you this,