IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS
Thoas
But what has happened that would call for this? 1160
Iphigenia
Back from contamination! I am abrupt.
Thoas
Speak bluntly to me. What?
Iphigenia
The offerings
You sent us for the Goddess are impure.
Thoas
How do you know? What makes you think—
Iphigenia
She turned
Away from them. She moved when they came near. 1165
Thoas
Mightn't it be a little bit of earthquake
That moved Her?
Iphigenia
No. She moved of Her own will
And even for a moment shut Her eyes.
Thoas
Because their hands were blood-stained? Was it that?
Iphigenia
It was Her divination of their guilt.
Thoas
You mean they'd killed a Taurian on the beach? 1170
Iphigenia
Their guilt was with them when they came—the crime
Of killing their own kin.