EURIPIDES
Thoas
What kin?
Iphigenia
Mother
Of one of them—a murder they had planned.
Thoas
0 great Apollo, what barbarian
Would do the thing these Greeks have done!
Iphigenia
Greeks once
But now disowned by Greeks, driven from Hellas. 1175
Thoas
Even so, why bring the Goddess out?
Iphigenia
Defiled,
She must be purified, be cleaned again
By the touch of Her own sky.
Thoas
How could you know
What sort of crime these fellows had committed?
Iphigenia
1 saw Her turn from them. I asked them why.
Thoas
You are a Greek, quick-witted, a true Greek. 1180
Iphigenia
They are Greek too, tried to propitiate me
With welcome news.
Thoas
Of Argos?
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