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But here come the two youths, with tightly bound hands, the new sacrifice for the goddess; silence, my friends. These first-fruits of Hellas are indeed [460] approaching the temple; the herdman did not deliver a false message.

Lady Artemis, if this city carries out the rites in a way pleasing to you, accept the victims, [465] which the custom among us declares to be unholy.

Euripides. The Complete Greek Drama, edited by Whitney J. Oates and Eugene O'Neill, Jr. in two volumes. 1. Iphigenia in Tauris, translated by Robert Potter. New York. Random House. 1938.

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