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EURIPIDES.

Orestes.

Women be shrewd to seek inventions out!


Iphigeneia.

A matricide from Argos will I name thee,—


Orestes.

Use my misfortunes, if it serve thine end.


Iphigeneia.

Unmeet for sacrifice to Artemis,— 1035


Orestes.

Pleading what cause?—for somewhat I surmise.


Iphigeneia.

As one unclean. The pure alone I slay.


Orestes.

Yet how the more hereby is the image won?


Iphigeneia.

I'll say that I would cleanse thee in sea-springs;—


Orestes.

Still bides the statue there, for which we sailed. 1040


Iphigeneia.

That this too must I wash, as touched of thee.


Orestes.

Where?—in yon creek where rains the blown sea-spray?[1]

  1. An inlet of the sea came up close to the temple (see 1196): this, suitable as it might appear to others, would, of course, not serve their purpose.