583. Achilles The whole army wants her your daughter- killed! Please dont get angry with me. Free to mock her! Agamemnon He covers his face with his hands in shame and groans. And so, the Greeks ordered you to let them board their ships and go back home and to stop wasting their efforts here. Enter from Stage Left Klytaimestra and Iphigeneia, accompanied by an entourage of men and women, some of whom are carrying gifts into Agamemnons tent. Is it marriage? Menelaos How else, then, can you, Agamemnon, prove that we are brothers? No, its not me whos gone mad, brother but you. Klytaimestra Who then was the heir to the House of Aeacus? [1340] Open the tent-door to me, servants, that I may hide myself Clytemnestra Why seek to escape, my child? If youre wise youll heed them; if not then, have no fear, I know how to settle my own affairs well. Here we are, eagerly obedient to your wish! Faithful, devoted, temperate in nuptial duties, a good keeper of your house. Introduction. 100. 1350. Go, now! Horses can panic if theres no one to soothe them. Believe me, I wont be exaggerating. The play provides some backstory to the more well-known classical tales of the Trojan War. line to jump to another position: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License, Pleiades ancient places geospacial dataset for this text, http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-eng1:1374-1401, http://data.perseus.org/texts/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-eng1, http://data.perseus.org/texts/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018, http://data.perseus.org/catalog/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-eng1. No one in the world can deny that the act of saving a child is a blessed act. The Plot of Iphigeneia at Aulis. Klytaimestra Elected to commit a murder! In fact, had he asked me for my permission to use my name for this, I would have given it. Here, friends, take this baby to his father, Agamemnon. You are the cause of this miserable conflict between the sons of Atreas and their children! 880. Klytaimestra Ive come out here looking for my husband. Youll soon hear it all. Klytaimestra But Achilles, think again! Theyre bound to serve someone well, sometime. Iphigeneia Yes, mother, please let me run to him before you do. I wrote a letter to my wife, Klytaimestra. She looks around the stage anxiously for a minute. 'Iphigenia' is the great achievement of Michael Cacoyannis. Dont force me to become evil! Iphigenia calling into the tent. It would be shameful if Agamemnon saw me touching whats not rightfully mine! Klytaimestra So, who raised the young Achilles, Thetis or his father? Ive changed, youll say! Old Man Yes, dear lady! Iphigeneia hands baby Orestes to her mother, Iphigeneia If only I could sing like Orpheus, father! 1160. Sweet daughter! Achilles Yes, many and theyll be lead by Odysseus! Chorus Even though you were not raised among the sounds of the shepherds flute, even though you were raised, instead, by your mothers side, raised to be adorned one day as a bride to one of Iachus descendants, you, my young girl, will be dragged down like a spotted deer, or like a young heifer is dragged down from some rocky mountains cave, dragged down there to the goddess altar. Buy used: $6.99. Iphigenia I am ashamed to face Achilles. Agamemnon Achilles is acting in name only and not in deed. There is no need! options are on the right side and top of the page. Or else, we might as well call Mount Sipylus, the Asian city where his barbarous ancestors came from a great city and wipe out of our mind the name of Phthia! Such good wives are rare, Agamemnon! Enter Achilles with fellow soldiers in full armour. I offer my body to my country and to the rest of Greece, willingly. And help me, too. 260. 530. Those worthy of praise find it a hateful thing when they are praised too profusely. Difficult. Do you hear them, Helen? The moment we got there with your daughter all the Greek soldiers gathered around us. The lustral water, the barley, everything is ready for the holy flame. Our daughter now lives among the gods. Old Man The army is heading to Troy, my lady. Help us! Old Man My lady, you know who I am and just how loyal Ive been to you and your children. We are doomed now! Can you pronounce this word better. Klytaimestra Im not surprised you dont recognise me. Happy noises of incoming royal procession, including horses and chariot are heard within, Stage Left. I want no one to lose tears over my grave. Menelaos Brother, give me your right arm! Achilles, stay! Iphigeneia No, mother! She has accepted this offering gladly and has granted us a safe journey for our expedition against Troy. Klytaimestra Theyve tricked my daughter to her death by promising her to you in marriage. 411, Menelaos Enjoy the glory of your sceptre then! You, grandchild of Aeacus you, too Ledas daughter, stay! My country! A garland for my head a garland for my hair some holy water from the sacred basins! My hair! Where is the army going? IPHIGENIA IN AULIS - Monologue (Clytemnestra) A monologue from the play by Euripides NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from The Plays of Euripides in English, vol. Iphigeneia But but look at you, father! The opportunity was made for him to elope with her, since Menelaos was absent at the time. Old Man Dear Fortune, help my brain to save those I love. 180. They say that Zeus had transformed himself into a bird and then slept with your mother. Thats what Im afraid of! Old Man Dying for my master will be a glorious thing. Gather the baskets for the sacrifices, place wreaths on your head. Shelley Dean Milman. Have you thought of any of this, or do you just go wandering about the army camp proudly waving about the sceptre of a General? Summary. She runs her hand over his chin, over his right hand. Iphigeneia No, mother. One of the most performed Greek tragedies, the play explores the breakdown of social norms in times of war and how war breeds inhuman habits in the most human of men. Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 390). You just cant imagine Calchas joy, madam! Iphigenia's father is Agamemnon and his brother is King Menelaus. First Chorus Come, children of Chalkis, let us go and give the Argive Queen our gentle and firm hand to help her step down safely from her carriage and let us look welcoming towards Agamemnons glorious daughter lest she be afraid of having arrived here at this place and at this time; and let us also make sure that the Argive women feel no distress or concern for being strangers in a strange place. What do they want to do with you? So you will sacrifice your daughter! Klytaimestra She stretches her right hand 830. The play was produced in a trilogy that also included The Bacchae and was presented by Euripides' son or nephew. Cover the baby with one of your cloaks. Agamemnon I, with all the Greeks as witnesses shall give Iphigeneia away. Look at him for the last time. And thats when shell discover my treachery! Mother, no! Iphigenia is told that she must prepare for her new life, and that she will be quite alone, far from her parents and home (666, 669). 1171, I would be there, alone, Agamemnon, wailing, crying bitter tears, yelling, Darling Iphigeneia! The gods do strange things, madam, things that baffle us mortals but they save those they love. Menelaos I was waiting to see if your daughter would leaveArgosto come to the army camp. Klytaimestra May joy be with you for ever, Achilles. This is desperate behaviour, my lord and it leaves no doubt to anyone who sees you, my lord, that youve gone mad! Accept the pure blood from this girls lovely neck! 70. Iphigeneia Separation? The sparkling water of your ancestral streams is waiting for you! ("Agamemnon", "Hom. It is a horrible thing for one to lose a child! Commentary. I, being Menelaos brother and for his own good, was chosen by them to be their leader How I wish this honour were given to someone else, my old friend! Klytaimestra But what about the marriage? I dont understand, father. Lets think through this together, my lady. Your own father has slaughtered you with his own hand! Abominable creature! And you, dear wife, daughter of Leda, I ask forgiveness from you, too, for all my tears. Agamemnon No, the wedding was held in the sacred valleys of Pelion, where Cheiron lives. The gods are no fools and they know when oaths are falsely pledged or forced upon people. Where shall I go to find your hand, to ask you to help me in my hour of despair? How much more time do we need to waste on this expedition toTroy? For such a young girl you are so intelligent! Then the priest lets out a huge roar and the whole army roared with him as they saw the most unbelievable sight, a sight that must have been sent by Heaven, a sight that made them question their very eyes. Orestes is begging you, too! Come, son of a goddess! Youve done all you could to help your big sister, havent you? 970. The second, Iphigenia at Aulis, so vastly different as to highlight the playwright's Protean invention, centres on the ultimate dysfunctional family, that of Agamemnon, as natural emotion is. Agamemnon Yes. He sends all sorts of winds to sailors: winds to make them happy to lift their sails and plunge into the sea, winds to make them sad because they must furl their sails; and winds that make other sailors crazy because theyre forced to move too slowly. These are things you should know nothing about! Married and single alike? She is the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra . Old Man You have dared to do a most frightening thing, my lord, Agamemnon! We are a free people, whereas they are slaves. And where will I be at the time? But as for you, daughter of Agamemnon! Still, its not proper for me to be talking with a woman. Stay! . No one was ever born to a life free of misery. Go away old man! What has brought on all this anxiety? Im shaking with fear. Now you know the whole thing. She was falsely called your future wife. You both know the size of the army gathered here. She is in there, crying and falling from one abyss of misery into another. He said that it must be done if the expedition is ever to make it to, Klytaimestra Expedition? These are wicked pleasures for a wicked man! 543. Among these the problem of the prologue is as clear-cut as it is controversial.2 It may be summarized as follows: (I) Our text opens abruptly with an anapaestic dialogue between Agamem-non and the Retainer (1-48), instead of the usual monologue in trimeters. 890, Old Man He had sent me off to bring you a letter, madam about the first message. Chorus Let Agamemnon place a crown upon the head of Greece and let him be crowned in turn! Godless! What does your Iphigeneia have to do with my Helen? She was the Queen of the gods. Klytaimestra And the feast for us women? The Greek fleet is waiting at Aulis, Boeotia, with its ships ready to sail for Troy, but it is unable to depart due to a strange lack of wind. Its not my fault she left you for another man, so why should I pay for your mistakes? How can you prove that you and I have the same father? Horrible Fate, what a dreadful yoke youve locked me into! You win, I cry. Open Document. Menelaos And what aboutGreece? It is the wish of the Heavens. Agamemnon It will take place after I make the sacrifice. Summary of Iphigenia in Aulis Prologue The play opens with a prologue which starts with a dubitable, suspiciously non-Euripidean discussion between Agamemnon and a loyal Servant of his, in which the commander of the Greeks under Troy expresses second thoughts over the content of a previously sent letter to his wife Clytemnestra. You locked yourself up indoors and became totally unapproachable to everyone. Should you not be expecting a poisonous welcome since youre departing like a snake? 80. Whos calling through that half-opened door? Your current position in the text is marked in blue. Agamemnon Look at you? What pain should I mention first or second, or last? Its not proper for young girls to be in the public eye for too long. My own heart aches more for poor Hellas than for you because Hellas was about to achieve something great against the barbarians when you and your daughter stopped her; and now these insignificant barbarians will be allowed to go free! Klytaimestra Really? He embraces and then steps back to look at her sadly. I am going to go and speak with your husband. 670. This is a dreadful thing for me to do but it is just as dreadful not to do it. A teller of truth one time and a teller of lies one thousand times if hes lucky! 1010. I shall give it to her for the sake of Greece. Your own baby! I am here, madam, as I will be in Troy also, to defend with my shield and with my spear my honour as a man and to do my best to glorify the god of war, Ares. What a dreadful thing to say! Klytaimestra Well? Its a meadow full of bright and beautiful flowers. Clytemnestra hears that Achilles is faithless, whereupon she at once urges Iphigenia to leave Aulis and return home. The name of Tyndareus stands high among the Greeks and one shouldnt demean it. You have chosen logic and good intentions to that of continuing a war against Fate and against Necessity. 1121. Agamemnon And still something is holding back the expedition. You have been wronged, madam. The only voice I have, father, my only skill, is in my tears and, here, father, Im giving them to you! My words were brief, blunt and clear. He is afraid of his own soldiers. What demon has taken possession of his mind? No, mother! Iphigenia At Aulis By Euripides Written 410 B.C.E Dramatis Personae Agamemnon Attendant, an old man Chorus of Women of Chalcis Menelaus Clytaemnestra Iphigenia Achilles Scene The sea-coast at Aulis. Iphigeneia Dont let them wear black either! Agamemnon Holy Fate and Fortune! What does my life have to do with the marriage of Paris and Helen father? And you can see how I, a woman, have come here to the camp of soldiers, tough men, brave and ready for war and violence. How could I possibly express my gratitude to you in a modest way? Klytaimestra O, my darling daughter! I told her to bring our daughter here so that she may marry Achilles. 110. His baby sounds will make no sense but theyll be full of meaning. Agamemnon Make sure you dont break the seal of the scroll! Chorus Enjoy now the sacrifice of blood and then help the Greek army launch its expedition to the land of the Phrygians, Troy the treacherous! Hell grab her by her blond hair, if he has to and. Klytaimestra What is it? I want my love for others to be moderate and my desires to be pure. That is, if my brain doesnt falter and make my tongue trip over its words! He has abandoned me to deal with this dreadful calamity all on my own! After that, Paris, the man who, according to the legend, judged the three goddesses, Hera, Aphrodite and Athena, for their beauty, arrived atSparta. Exit Agamemnon. Sacrifice me. Let my pity be a protective blanket over you; it is the pity of a young man but it is a sincere pity, nevertheless and one brought about by the fact that I have been the one named as your daughters husband. These ships, too, were adorned with emblems at their high sterns, this time of Cadmus, holding a golden serpent in his hands. There, my lady, there, upon the ground, lay a large animal, a beautiful stag, letting out its last breaths. First Chorus Oh, Lady, goddess of love, Aphrodite! November 1, 2021 . Klytaimestra who was married to whom? Iphigeneia Youre going off on a long journey daddy and youre living me behind! Well then, tell me: what will your prayer, your plea to the gods be? And how did you respond to that? I accepted my fortune and youll admit that I have always been a good wife to you. Then you scratch away the seal and then you throw its pine frame onto the ground and then you begin to cry profusely! A god or a mortal? July 4, 2022 . Whats with this flushed face of yours? The Greek army is getting ready to sail. Second Messenger Klytaimestra! This is the letter which you saw me writing in the dark, opening it and shutting it, labouring over it. iphigenia in aulis monologue mother listen to me 04.07.2022 04.07.2022 Agamemnon Here, at the harbour, near our beautiful Greek ships. You may accept or manage cookie usage at any time. i. Trans. Shelley Dean Milman. And so, soldiers, take heart and head for your ships because today we must leave behind the deep harbours of Aulis and cross our way through the vast Aegean sea!, And when the animal was thoroughly burned in the flames of the god of fire, Hephaistus, and when the holy rites were completed, Calchas prayed for our safe return. Iphigeneia Pelasgia! But I have no such skill. 340. For a slave you have just too much to say! Agamemnon! If only this town, if only Aulis, had refused to let all these Troy-destined ships enter her harbour! The whole of Greece is gathered here and they all want one thing: to go to the famous city of Troy and tear down her towers. I was beaten by all the noise. See that there are no wheel marks on the road. You will say that youve killed our daughter so that Menelaos, your brother, can get back his Helen! Klytaimestra What? Chorus Youre a brave girl, Iphigeneia. Agamemnon My old friend, Thestius daughter, Leda, had three daughters: Phoebe, Klytaimestra (my wife) and Helen. But my brother, using all sorts of arguments, finally persuaded me to commit this dreadful deed! Listen! Iphigeneia Hands Orestes back to her mother. This might turn out to be a blessing for us -. I could not. Someone must be playing games with both of us for some reason! Achilles I told them that if thats what they thought, then they should not kill my intended wife. Chorus What an awful, pitiful fate you must endure, child! Cry! And Im very pleased to see you, too! And it was with this lie, about the girls mock-marriage, that I tried to persuade my wife to bring her here. As for the other sort, the bad ones, they are everywhere! You had come with me to Argos and stayed with me as my servant. Do you not want to fight for her? Iphegenia at Aulis) was left unfinished at Euripides' death in 406 BCE, and so the beginning and the ending especially are mutilated and choppy.Completed by someone else, it along with The Bacchae and the lost Alcmaeon formed a trio produced in Athens which won Euripides a fifth albeit posthumous first prize.. Agamemnon recounts the recent history of Helen's suitors . He is interrupted by Klytaimestras entrance.
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