Euripides

Name: The Tragedies of Euripides — Iphigeneia at Aulis
Author: Euripides

The Tragedies of Euripides — Iphigeneia at Aulis (1898)

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“The Tragedies of Euripides — Iphigeneia at Aulis”, published in 1898, is a work by Euripides. It explores elements such as Aulis, Agamemnon and Achilles.

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Euripides, The Tragedies of Euripides — Iphigeneia at Aulis (1898)

“ Agamemnon.
Sooth, voice there is none, nor slumberous cheep
Of bird, nor whisper of sea; and deep 10
Is the hush of the winds on Euripus that sleep.
Old Servant.
Yet without thy tent, Agamemnon my lord,
Why dost thou pace thus feverishly?
Over Aulis yonder is night's peace poured:
They are hushed which along the walls keep ward.
Come, pass we within.
Agamemnon.
I envy thee,
Ancient, and whoso unperilled may pace
Life's pathway unheeded and unrenowned:
But little I envy the high in place.
Old Servant.
Yet the life of these is glory-crowned. 20
Agamemnon. ”

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Euripides, The Tragedies of Euripides — Iphigeneia at Aulis (1898)

“ Richly their bits; and the midmost, the car-yoke who bore on their neck,
Dappled were they, with a hair here and there like a snow-smitten fleck.
They that in traces without round the perilous turning-post swept,
Bays were they, spotted their fetlocks: Peleides beside them on-leapt:
Sheathed in his harness, unflagging by car-rail and axle he kept. 230
(Str. 2)
And I came where the host of the war-ships lies,—
A marvel past telling,—
To fill with the vision my maiden eyes
And my heart joy-swelling. ”

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Euripides, The Tragedies of Euripides — Iphigeneia at Aulis (1898)

“ When the hosts of Hellas were mustered at Aulis beside the narrow sea, with purpose to sail against Troy, they were hindered from departing thence by the wrath of Artemis, who suffered no favouring wind to blow. Then, when they enquired concerning this, Kalchas the prophet proclaimed that the anger of the Goddess would not be appeased save by the sacrifice of Iphigeneia, eldest daughter of Agamemnon, captain of the host. ”

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Euripides, The Tragedies of Euripides — Iphigeneia at Aulis (1898)

“ Yet is it neighbour to sore disquiet.
For the Gods' will clasheth with thy will now,
Wrecking thy life: by men that riot
With divers desires, whom ye cannot content,
Now is the web of thy life's work rent. ”

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Euripides, The Tragedies of Euripides — Iphigeneia at Aulis (1898)

“ Hence (the stars being the night-clocks of the ancients) his question betrays his fear—"Is there yet time?" The servant's answer implies that the dawn is yet distant; and the king is further reassured as he observes that the first chirp of the waking bird has not broken the stillness, and that the winds, which probably blew adversely all day, and fell to a dead calm at night, gave no token of stirring. It has been objected that Sirius is not "near the Pleiads," since, though he is indeed in the next constellation but one to theirs, there is a considerable space of sky between them. ”

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Euripides, The Tragedies of Euripides — Iphigeneia at Aulis (1898)

“ Agamemnon.
(Reads) .
"This add I to my letter writ before: —
Daughter of Leda, do thou send
Thy daughter not unto the waveless shore
Of Aulis, where the bend 120
Of that sea-pinion of Euboæa lies
Gulf-shapen. Ere we celebrate
Our daughter's marriage-tide solemnities,
A season must we wait."
Old Servant.
Yet, if Achilles lose his plighted spouse,
Will not his anger's tempest swell
Against thee and thy wife? Sure, perilous
Is this!—thy meaning tell.
Agamemnon. ”

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Euripides, The Tragedies of Euripides — Iphigeneia at Aulis (1898)

“ Scene:—In the Greek Camp at Aulis, outside the tent of Agamemnon.
IPHIGENEIA AT AULIS.
Night. A lamp burning in Agamemnon's tent. Old Servant waiting without. Agamemnon appears at entrance of tent.
Agamemnon.
Ancient, before this tent come stand.
Old Servant (coming forward) .
I come. What purpose hast thou in hand,
Agamemnon, my king?
Agamemnon.
And wilt thou not hasten?
Old Servant.
I haste.
For the need of mine eld scant sleep provideth—
This eld o'er mine eyelids like vigilant sentry is placed. 5
Agamemnon. ”

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