EURIPIDES
Orestes
Then word the vow as you would have him make it.
Iphigenia
You promise the delivery of my letter?
Pylades
I promise the delivery of your letter. ***
Iphigenia
I promise you the king will let you leave.
Pylades
In whose name do you swear?
Iphigenia
By Artemis,
Here in Her Temple—and implore Her help.
Pylades
And I by Zeus Himself, by Heaven's King.
Iphigenia
And what if you should fail to keep your word? 750
Pylades
Then may I never again set eyes on Argos.
And what if you should fail in keeping yours?
Iphigenia
Then may I never again set foot in Argos.
Pylades
But we forget one possibility.
Iphigenia
Which might affect the keeping of your vow?
Pylades
How could I keep my vow if this should happen— 755
If we were wrecked by a storm, torn by a reef,
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