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IPHIGENEIA AT AULIS.
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Agamemnon.

Here, by the Argive galleys' stately sterns.


Klytemnestra.

Here, quotha!—yet it must be.[1] Fair befall!


Agamemnon.

Know'st thy part, lady, then? My bidding do. 725


Klytemnestra.

What thing? Obedience is my wont to thee.


Agamemnon.

Here, where the bridegroom is, will I myself—


Klytemnestra.

What mother's office in mine absence do?


Agamemnon.

With help of Danaans give thy child away.


Klytemnestra.

But I—where must I tarry all this while? 730


Agamemnon.

To Argos go: for thy young daughters care.


Klytemnestra.

And leave my child?—and who shall raise the torch?

  1. ↑ κάλως ἀν’ ἀγκύρας τε; "Mid hawsers and ships' anchors!" is Palmer's ingenious emendation, adopted by England.
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