Euripides' IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS Complete

Translated by R. Potter.

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Orestes: I do receive it, but forbear to unclose its foldings, greater
pleasure first to enjoy
Than words can give. My sister, O most dear,
Astonish'd ev'n to disbelief, I throw
Mine arms around thee with a fond embrace,
In transport at the wondrous things I hear.

Leader of the Chorus: Stranger, thou dost not well with hands profane
Thus to pollute the priestess of the shrine,
Grasping her garments hallow'd from the touch.

Orestes: My sister, my dear sister, from one sire,
From Agamemnon sprung, turn not away,
Holding thy brother thus beyond all hope.

Iphigenia: My brother! Thou my brother! Wilt thou not
Unsay these words? At Argos far he dwells.

Orestes: Thy brother, O unhappy! is not there.

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