§645πόλλʼ ἀνδρὶ βασιλεῖ καὶ στρατηλάτῃ μέλει.
[Agamemnon] Many things concern a man who is king and general.
§646παρʼ ἐμοὶ γενοῦ νῦν, μὴ ʼπὶ φροντίδας τρέπου.
[Iphigenia] Be with me now, do not turn to worries.
§647ἀλλʼ εἰμὶ παρὰ σοὶ νῦν ἅπας κοὐκ ἄλλοθι.
[Agamemnon] But I am with you now entirely, and nowhere else.
§648μέθες νυν ὀφρὺν ὄμμα τʼ ἔκτεινον φίλον.
[Iphigenia] Let go of your frown then, and soften your loving eyes.
§649ἰδού, γέγηθά σʼ ὡς γέγηθʼ ὁρῶν, τέκνον.
[Agamemnon] Look, I rejoice at seeing you as I do rejoice, my child.
§650κἄπειτα λείβεις δάκρυʼ ἀπʼ ὀμμάτων σέθεν;
[Iphigenia] And yet do you shed tears from your eyes?
§651μακρὰ γὰρ ἡμῖν ἡ ʼπιοῦσʼ ἀπουσία.
[Agamemnon] For the coming separation will be long for us.
§652οὐκ οἶδʼ ὅ τι φῄς, οὐκ οἶδα, φίλτατʼ ἐμοὶ πάτερ.
[Iphigenia] I do not know what you mean, I do not know, my dearest father.
§653συνετὰ λέγουσα μᾶλλον εἰς οἶκτόν μʼ ἄγεις.
[Agamemnon] The more sensibly you speak, the more you move me to pity.
§654ἀσύνετά νυν ἐροῦμεν, εἰ σέ γʼ εὐφρανῶ.
[Iphigenia] Then I will speak foolishly, if indeed I shall please you.
§655παπαῖ.
[Agamemnon] Alas!
τὸ σιγᾶν οὐ σθένω· σὲ δʼ ᾔνεσα.
I have not the strength to keep silent; yet I praise you.
§656μένʼ, ὦ πάτερ, κατʼ οἶκον ἐπὶ τέκνοις σέθεν.
[Iphigenia] Stay, father, at home for the sake of your children.
§657θέλω γε· τὸ θέλειν δʼ οὐκ ἔχων ἀλγύνομαι.
[Agamemnon] I wish to indeed; but not having the power to do what I wish, I suffer.
§658ὄλοιντο λόγχαι καὶ τὰ Μενέλεω κακά.
[Iphigenia] May spears perish, and the misfortunes of Menelaus!
§659ἄλλους ὀλεῖ πρόσθʼ ἃ ἐμὲ διολέσαντʼ ἔχει.
[Agamemnon] They will destroy others first, which have already destroyed me.
§660ὡς πολὺν ἀπῆσθα χρόνον ἐν Αὐλίδος μυχοῖς.
[Iphigenia] How long a time you have been absent in the recesses of Aulis.
§661καὶ νῦν γέ μʼ ἴσχει δή τι μὴ στέλλειν στρατόν.
[Agamemnon] And even now indeed, something holds me back from sending the army.
§662ποῦ τοὺς Φρύγας λέγουσιν ᾠκίσθαι, πάτερ;
[Iphigenia] Where do they say the Phrygians are settled, father?
§663οὗ μήποτʼ οἰκεῖν ὤφελʼ ὁ Πριάμου Πάρις.
[Agamemnon] Where Paris, son of Priam, ought never to have lived.
§664μακρὰν ἀπαίρεις, ὦ πάτερ, λιπὼν ἐμέ.
[Iphigenia] You are departing far, father, leaving me behind.
§665εἰς ταὐτόν, ὦ θύγατερ, ἥκεις σῷ πατρί.
[Agamemnon] To the same point, my daughter, you have come as your father.
§666φεῦ·
[Iphigenia] Alas!
§666aεἴθʼ ἦν καλόν μοι σοί τʼ ἄγειν σύμπλουν ἐμέ.
Would that it were fitting for me and for you that I should be taken as your fellow voyager.
§667ἔτʼ ἔστι καὶ σοὶ πλοῦς, ἵνʼ ἀμμνήσῃ πατρός.
[Agamemnon] There is still a voyage for you too, where you will remember your father.
§668σὺν μητρὶ πλεύσασʼ ἢ μόνη πορεύσομαι;
[Iphigenia] Shall I sail with my mother, or shall I go alone?
§669μόνη, μονωθεῖσʼ ἀπὸ πατρὸς καὶ μητέρος.
[Agamemnon] Alone, separated from both your father and your mother.
§670οὔ πού μʼ ἐς ἄλλα δώματʼ οἰκίζεις, πάτερ;
[Iphigenia] Surely you are not settling me in another house, father?
§671ἐατέʼ· οὐ χρὴ τοιάδʼ εἰδέναι κόρας.
[Agamemnon] Let it be; a maiden must not know such things.
§672σπεῦδʼ ἐκ Φρυγῶν μοι, θέμενος εὖ τἀκεῖ, πάτερ.
[Iphigenia] Hasten back from the Phrygians to me, having settled things well there, father.
§673θῦσαί με θυσίαν πρῶτα δεῖ τινʼ ἐνθάδε.
[Agamemnon] First, I must offer a certain sacrifice here.
§674ἀλλὰ ξὺν ἱεροῖς χρὴ τό γʼ εὐσεβὲς σκοπεῖν.
[Iphigenia] But indeed, you must consider piety together with sacred rites.
§675εἴσῃ σύ· χερνίβων γὰρ ἑστήξῃ πέλας.
[Agamemnon] You will know; for you will stand near the holy water basins.
§676στήσομεν ἄρʼ ἀμφὶ βωμόν, ὦ πάτερ, χορούς;
[Iphigenia] Shall we then set up dances around the altar, father?
§677ζηλῶ σὲ μᾶλλον ἢ ʼμὲ τοῦ μηδὲν φρονεῖν.
[Agamemnon] I envy you more than myself for knowing nothing.
§678χώρει δὲ μελάθρων ἐντός — ὀφθῆναι κόραις §679πικρόν — φίλημα δοῦσα δεξιάν τέ μοι, §680μέλλουσα δαρὸν πατρὸς ἀποικήσειν χρόνον.
Go inside the palace—for it is painful for maidens to be seen— having given me a kiss and your right hand, since you are about to live away from your father for a long time.
§681ὦ στέρνα καὶ παρῇδες, ὦ ξανθαὶ κόμαι, §682ὡς ἄχθος ὑμῖν ἐγένεθʼ ἡ Φρυγῶν πόλις §683Ἑλένη τε. — παύω τοὺς λόγους· ταχεῖα γὰρ §684νοτὶς διώκει μʼ ὀμμάτων ψαύσαντά σου.
O breast and cheeks, O golden hair, how the city of the Phrygians and Helen became a heavy burden to you!— I stop my words; for a sudden moisture chases from my eyes as I touch you.
§685ἴθʼ ἐς μέλαθρα. σὲ δὲ παραιτοῦμαι τάδε, §686Λήδας γένεθλον, εἰ κατῳκτίσθην ἄγαν, §687μέλλων Ἀχιλλεῖ θυγατέρʼ ἐκδώσειν ἐμήν.
Go into the palace. [To Clytemnestra] And you, offspring of Leda, I ask your indulgence, if I have been overly moved to pity, as I am about to give my daughter to Achilles.
§688ἀποστολαὶ γὰρ μακάριαι μέν, ἀλλʼ ὅμως §689δάκνουσι τοὺς τεκόντας, ὅταν ἄλλοις δόμοις §690παῖδας παραδιδῷ πολλὰ μοχθήσας πατήρ.
For sendings-away are indeed happy, but nevertheless they sting the parents, when a father, after much toil, hands over his children to other homes.
§691οὐχ ὧδʼ ἀσύνετός εἰμι, πείσεσθαι δέ με §692καὐτὴν δόκει τάδʼ, ὥστε μή σε νουθετεῖν, §693ὅταν σὺν ὑμεναίοισιν ἐξάγω κόρην·
[Clytemnestra] I am not so witless, but believe that I myself will experience these same feelings, so that you do not need to admonish me, when I lead the girl out with wedding songs.
§694ἀλλʼ ὁ νόμος αὐτὰ τῷ χρόνῳ συνισχανεῖ.
But custom will dry these tears in time.
Now indeed, I know the name of the man to whom you promised the child, but I wish to learn of what lineage he is and from where.
§697Αἴγινα θυγάτηρ ἐγένετʼ Ἀσωποῦ πατρός.
[Agamemnon] Aegina was the daughter of her father Asopus.
§698ταύτην δὲ θνητῶν ἢ θεῶν ἔζευξε τίς;
[Clytemnestra] And who of mortals or of gods wedded her?
§699Ζεύς· Αἰακὸν δʼ ἔφυσεν, Οἰνώνης πρόμον.
[Agamemnon] Zeus; and she bore Aeacus, the ruler of Oenone.
§700τὰ δʼ Αἰακοῦ παῖς τίς κατέσχε δώματα;
[Clytemnestra] And which child took possession of the house of Aeacus?
§701Πηλεύς· ὁ Πηλεὺς δʼ ἔσχε Νηρέως κόρην.
[Agamemnon] Peleus; and Peleus wedded the daughter of Nereus.
§702θεοῦ διδόντος, ἢ βίᾳ θεῶν λαβών;
[Clytemnestra] With a god giving her, or did he take her by force from the gods?
§703Ζεὺς ἠγγύησε καὶ δίδωσʼ ὁ κύριος.
[Agamemnon] Zeus betrothed her, and her guardian gave her.
§704γαμεῖ δὲ ποῦ νιν;
[Clytemnestra] And where did he marry her?
ἦ κατʼ οἶδμα πόντιον;
Was it on the sea-swell?
§705Χείρων ἵνʼ οἰκεῖ σεμνὰ Πηλίου βάθρα.
[Agamemnon] Where Chiron dwells, at the sacred foothills of Pelion.
§706οὗ φασι Κενταύρειον ᾠκίσθαι γένος;
[Clytemnestra] Where they say the Centaur race is settled?
§707ἐνταῦθʼ ἔδαισαν Πηλέως γάμους θεοί.
[Agamemnon] There the gods feasted at the wedding of Peleus.
§708Θέτις δʼ ἔθρεψεν ἢ πατὴρ Ἀχιλλέα;
[Clytemnestra] And did Thetis rear Achilles, or did his father?
§709Χείρων, ἵνʼ ἤθη μὴ μάθοι κακῶν βροτῶν.
[Agamemnon] Chiron, so that he might not learn the habits of evil men.
§710φεῦ·
[Clytemnestra] Ah!
§710aσοφός γʼ ὁ θρέψας χὡ διδοὺς σοφώτερος.
Wise indeed was the rearer, and wiser still the one who entrusted him.
§711τοιόσδε παιδὸς σῆς ἀνὴρ ἔσται πόσις.
[Agamemnon] Such a man will be the husband of your daughter.
§712οὐ μεμπτός.
[Clytemnestra] Beyond blame.
οἰκεῖ δʼ ἄστυ ποῖον Ἑλλάδος;
But in what city of Greece does he dwell?
§713Ἀπιδανὸν ἀμφὶ ποταμὸν ἐν Φθίας ὅροις.
[Agamemnon] Around the river Apidanus, within the borders of Phthia.
§714ἐκεῖσʼ ἀπάξει σὴν ἐμήν τε παρθένον;
[Clytemnestra] Will he lead your and my maiden daughter there?
§715κείνῳ μελήσει ταῦτα, τῷ κεκτημένῳ.
[Agamemnon] That will be the concern of him, who possesses her.
§716ἀλλʼ εὐτυχοίτην.
[Clytemnestra] May they be fortunate.
τίνι δʼ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ γαμεῖ;
But on what day will he marry her?
§717ὅταν σελήνης εὐτυχὴς ἔλθῃ κύκλος.
[Agamemnon] When the fortunate circle of the moon arrives.
§718προτέλεια δʼ ἤδη παιδὸς ἔσφαξας θεᾷ;
[Clytemnestra] And have you already slaughtered the preliminary wedding sacrifices of the child to the goddess?