The Plays of Euripides - 2 Author:Euripides Title: The Plays of Euripides: Andromache. Electra. the Bacchantes. Hecuba. Heracles Mad. the Phoenician Maidens. Orestes. Iphigenia Among the Tauri. Iphigenia at Aulis. the Cyclops Volume: 2 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1907 Original Publisher: G. Bell Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the o... more »riginal. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Iph. Dearest friends, I look to you ; on you my fortunes are hanging, whether for weal or woe, and loss of fatherland [and brother and sister dear.] ' Be this the text of what I have to say, -- our womanhood, with its kindly feeling towards members of our sex, and our intense loyalty in preserving secrets, that affect us all. For my sake hold your peace and help us might and main to escape; an honour to its owner is a trusty tongue. Now ye see how a single chance is left these three fast friends, either to return to their fatherland or die here. If once my safety is secured, I will bring thee safe to Hellas, that thou mayst also share my fortune. To thee, and thee (addressing different members of the Chorus) I make my prayer by thy right hand; to thee by thy dear cheek, thy knees, and all thou prizest most at home, by father, mother, aye, and babes, if there be any mothers here.2 What say ye ? which of you assents to this and which refuses ? Speak ; for if ye agree not to my proposal, both I and my luckless brother are lost. Cho. Take heart, dear lady mine; only save thyself; for thou shalt find me dumb, wherever thou enjoinest silence; so help me mighty Zeus ! Iph. A blessing on you for those words ! may happiness be yours ! 'Tis now thy part and thine (to Orestes and Pylades) to enter the temple, for our monarch will soon be here, inquiring if the sacrifice of the strangers is over....« less