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IPHIGENEIA AT AULIS.
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Achilles.

Lady, thy daughter have I never wooed,
Nor word of marriage Atreus' sons have said.


Klytemnestra.

What shall this mean? At my words marvel thou
In turn; for passing strange are thine to me.


Achilles.

Think:—we have common cause to search out this. 845
Perchance nor thou nor I speak false herein.


Klytemnestra.

How?—have I been abused? Seek I a bridal
Which is not, as doth seem? I am crushed with shame!


Achilles.

Some one perchance hath mocked both thee and me.
Nay, lightly hold it, lay it not to heart. 850


Klytemnestra.

Farewell. I cannot with unshrinking eyes
Meet thine, who am made a liar, outraged so.


Achilles.

Farewell I bid thee too. I pass within
Yonder pavilion now to seek thy lord.


Old Servant (from within the tent).

Stranger, Aiakus' scion, tarry thou: what ho, to thee I call 855
Whom the Goddess bare!—and Leda's daughter, unto thee withal.