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第6章

IPHIGENIA(Throwing herself into AGAMEMNON'Sarms)Be not wroth with me,mother,if Irun from thy side and throw myself on my father's breast.

Omy father!Ilong to outrun others and embrace thee after this long while;for Iyearn to see thy face;be not wroth with me.

CLYTAEMNESTRA

Thou mayst do so,daughter;for of all the children Ihave born,thou hast ever loved thy father best.

IPHIGENIA

Isee thee,father,joyfully after a long season.

AGAMEMNON

And Ithy father thee;thy words do equal duty for both of us.

IPHIGENIA

All hail,father!thou didst well in bringing me hither to thee.

AGAMEMNON

Iknow not how Iam to say yes or no to that,my child.

IPHIGENIA

Ha!how wildly thou art looking,spite of thy joy at seeing me.

AGAMEMNON

Aman has many cares when he is king and general too.

IPHIGENIA

Be mine,all mine to-day;turn not unto moody thoughts.

AGAMEMNON

Why so Iam,all thine to-day;Ihave no other thought.

IPHIGENIA

Then smooth thy knitted brow,unbend and smile.

AGAMEMNON

Lo!my child,my joy at seeing thee is even as it is.

IPHIGENIA

And hast thou then the tear-drop streaming from thy eyes?

AGAMEMNON

Ave,for long is the absence from each other,that awalts us.

IPHIGENIA

Iknow not,dear father mine,Iknow not of what thou art speaking.

AGAMEMNON

Thou art moving my pity all the more by speaking so sensibly.

IPHIGENIA

My words shall turn to senselessness,if that will cheer thee more.

AGAMEMNON(Aside)

Ah,woe is me!this silence is too much.(To IPHIGENIA)Thou hast my thanks.

IPHIGENIA

Stay with thy children at home,father.

AGAMEMNON

My own wish!but to my sorrow Imay not humour it.

IPHIGENIA

Ruin seize their warring and the woes of Menelaus!

AGAMEMNON

First will that,which has been my life-long ruin,bring ruin unto others.

IPHIGENIA

How long thou wert absent in the bays of Aulis!

AGAMEMNON

Aye,and there is still a hindrance to my sending the army forward.

IPHIGENIA

Where do men say the Phrygians live,father?

AGAMEMNON

In a land where Iwould Paris,the son of Priam,ne'er had dwelt.

IPHIGENIA

'Tis a long voyage thou art bound on,father,after thou leavest me.

AGAMEMNON

Thou wilt meet thy father again,my daughter.

IPHIGENIA

Ah!would it were seemly that thou shouldst take me as a fellow-voyager!

AGAMEMNON

Thou too hast a voyage to make to a haven where thou wilt remember thy father.

IPHIGENIA

Shall Isail thither with my mother or alone?

AGAMEMNON

All alone,without father or mother.

IPHIGENIA

What!hast thou found me a new home,father!

AGAMEMNON

Enough of this!'tis not for girls to know such things.

IPHIGENIA

Speed home from Troy,Ipray thee,father,as soon as thou hast triumphed there.

AGAMEMNON

There is a sacrifice have first to offer here.

IPHIGENIA

Yea,'tis thy duty to heed religion with aid of holy rites.

AGAMEMNON

Thou wilt witness it,for thou wilt be standing near the laver.

IPHIGENIA

Am Ito lead the dance then round the altar,father?

AGAMEMNON(Aside)

Icount thee happier than myself because thou knowest nothing.(To IPHIGENIA)Go within into the presence of maidens,after thou hast given me thy hand and one sad kiss,on the eve of thy lengthy sojourn far from thy father's side.

Bosom,cheek,and golden hair!ah,how grievous ye have found Helen and the Phrygians'city!Ican no more;the tears come welling to my eyes,the moment Itouch thee.

Exit IPHIGENIA.

(Turning to CLYTAEMNESTRA)Herein Icrave thy pardon,daughter of Leda,if Ishowed excessive grief at the thought of resigning my daughter to Achilles;for though we are sending her to taste of bliss,still it wrings a parent's heart,when he,the father who has toiled so hard for them,commits his children to the homes of strangers.

CLYTAEMNESTRA

Iam not so void of sense;bethink thee,Ishall go through this as well,when Ilead the maiden from the chamber to the sound of the marriage-hymn;wherefore Ichide thee not;but custom will combine with time to make the smart grow less.

As touching him,to whom thou hast betrothed our daughter,Iknow his name,'tis true,but would fain learn his lineage and the land of his birth.

AGAMEMNON

There was one Aegina,the daughter of Asopus.

CLYTAEMNESTRA

Who wedded her?some mortal or a god?

AGAMEMNON

Zeus,and she bare Aeacus,the prince of Cenone.

CLYTAEMNESTRA

What son of Aeacus secured his father's halls?

AGAMEMNON

Peleus,who wedded the daughter of Nereus.

CLYTAEMNESTRA

With the god's consent,or when he had taken her in spite of gods?

AGAMEMNON

Zeus betrothed her,and her guardian gave consent.

CLYTAEMNESTRA

Where did he marry her?amid the billows of the sea?

AGAMEMNON

In Chiron's home,at sacred Pelion's foot.

CLYTAEMNESTRA

What!the abode ascribed to the race of Centaurs?

AGAMEMNON

It was there the gods celebrated the marriage feast of Peleus.

CLYTAEMNESTRA

Did Thetis or his father train Achilles?

AGAMEMNON

Chiron brought him up,to prevent his learning the ways of the wicked.

CLYTAEMNESTRA

Ah wise the teacher,still wiser the father,who intrusted his son to such hands.

AGAMEMNON

Such is the future husband of thy daughter.

CLYTAEMNESTRA

Ablameless lord;but what city in Hellas is his?

AGAMEMNON

He dwells on the banks of the river Apidanus,in the borders of Phthia.

CLYTAEMNESTRA

Wilt thou convey our daughter thither?

AGAMEMNON

He who takes her to himself will see to that.

CLYTAEMNESTRA

Happiness attend the pair!Which day will he marry her?

AGAMEMNON

As soon as the full moon comes to give its blessing.

CLYTAEMNESTRA

Hast thou already offered the goddess a sacrifice to usher in the maiden's marriage?

AGAMEMNON

Iam about to do so;that is the very thing Iwas engaged in.

CLYTAEMNESTRA

Wilt thou celebrate the marriage-feast thereafter?

AGAMEMNON

Yes,when Ihave offered a sacrifice required by Heaven of me.

CLYTAEMNESTRA

But where am Ito make ready the feast for the women?

AGAMEMNON

Here beside our gallant Argive ships.

CLYTAEMNESTRA

Finely here!but still Imust;good come of it for all that!

AGAMEMNON

Iwill tell thee,lady,what to do;so obey me now.

CLYTAEMNESTRA

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