Agamemnon Holy Fate and Fortune! Where did you catch him? Just before Dawn. See, father? Achilles He was elected, all right, but he didnt say no! 164. How I wish he never lived near the gurgling white waters of those springs, the springs where nymphs gathered. Menelaos If you dont let go of it I shall crack your skull open with this staff! London. You will be away from me for a very long time. Agamemnon Yes. with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Iphigeneia rushes and embraces Agamemnon. Klytaimestra Yes. Dont waste time kissing my hand. And so, the Greeks ordered you to let them board their ships and go back home and to stop wasting their efforts here. Ill obey your every command. 220, First Chorus I came to take a look at the great number of ships, a sight most pleasant and most able to satisfy my girlish eyes. Menelaos See this? Klytaimestra Oh, no, child! That way, not only will I not lose a friend but the army will also not be angry with me when it sees that Ive used my brains rather than my brawn. Please dont do it! Think about your daughter for once, Agamemnon and make a fair proposal to your army: Ask them all if they really want to go to Troy and if they do, well then, let them draw lots that will include their own children also! We also let the horses loose to drink and to graze at a meadow nearby. Iphigeneia Hands Orestes back to her mother. At one point he is satisfied with what hes written, seals it with his ring but then, a moment later, he scratches away the seal and re-reads the letter. Both of us, darling! No, its not my ambition thats bothering you, my brother! Look here, father! The play was set in the small amphitheater at the Getty Villa. Darling, darling little brother! materials crossword clue 9 letters. Brighter Bayside > Blog > Uncategorized > iphigenia in aulis monologue mother listen to me. Some madness has overtaken their hearts and they want to sail immediately over to Troy to the land of those barbarians and to put an end to this raping and stealing of our women, to tearing them away from their marital beds. Close suggestions Search Search I beg you, father! I was beaten by all the noise. Klytaimestra But it is rightfully yours, Achilles! Ah, heres your father, go to him, darling! My hair! 1460. 1100. I swear by my mother, the goddess Thetis, that I shall fight the Greeks to save you! What a wonderful excuse! Agamemnon Yes but first I must make a sacrifice here, inAulis. For use by any theatrical, educational or cinematic organisation, however, including a non-commercial one, permission must be sought. From Kahil (1990). NI 1886. As is common, there is a dowry, here brought by her mother from the household of Agamemnon (lines 612-13). Youre the son of a god and I am a mere mortal! And, they should also swear that they would attack and destroy the land of the wrongdoer by the force of arms, whether his land is Greek or foreign. Well! Yet it is right that she should come with her sweet daughter to give her away as a bride. Agamemnon Yes, my darling. . This is the very same sky that heard your words then and the words you chose to write afterwards, reversing your message to your wife, telling her this time, in words to the effect that Ill no longer be my daughters murderer! 360. Why run away? 762. Achilles Her father had promised her to me! 1040. There is nothing that I would not do for my darling Iphigeneia. Looking over the baby. 751. Old Man He tricked you about the marriage with Achilles, my lady, so that youd be willing to come here. Come! Achilles No, my lady, dont call your daughter out to see me. Protect your name. Ah, yes! 231. The world beneath the earth is a world of nothing. Only your knees. How can I insult all those countless brave warriors and their shields, all those myriads of men, clasping hard at the oars men with courage enough to attack our enemy and die for our country, to clear her name? Klytaimestra Elected to commit a murder! Obedient child. Someone must be playing games with both of us for some reason! By the goddess Hera, protector ofArgosand of marriage, I shall not do so! Other men may have different views but let me give you my own. 389. Whether they treat me well or appallingly makes no difference to them. Here are the two of us, ones a baby, the other a grown up girl, a brother and a sister, both your children, begging you, by your beard, pleading with you. Iphigeneia begins towards the tent but is stopped by her father. Hell have the whole army eating out of his hand and then make them kill us and sacrifice the girl anyway! [1375] 350. And Im very pleased to see you, too! Iphigenia in Aulis. Introduction. Make sure this golden hair god stays far away from my bed chamber! Agamemnon Look, the sacrificial ceremony is ready. I have my army, the famous Myrmidons, wasting their time hanging about the quiet waters ofEpirus, getting angrier and more impatient by the minute. Youre both in such a state of distress and confusion! Iphigenia has arrived in Aulis, and soon the army will be demanding her death. Orestes is begging you, too! Agamemnon Youll be able to see the sacrifice. At the tip of their sterns stood the golden statues of Nereids, the emblem of Achilles army. Menelaos I was waiting to see if your daughter would leaveArgosto come to the army camp. Record the pronunciation of this word in your own voice and play it to listen to how you have pronounced it. Ah, there he is! Agamemnon Of course you do so long as you dont try to ruin them! Enter Iphigeneia holding the baby in her arms. Those worthy of praise find it a hateful thing when they are praised too profusely. Begging you by his silence. Here we are, eagerly obedient to your wish! Achilles They jeered at me! CineMan-8 20 April 1999. First Chorus There you were, Paris: a man brought up to be a cowherd, looking after the grazing, white cows of Ida with their heavy udders, playing Asian tunes in your reedy pipes, airs much like those Trojan songs from Mount Olympus when, suddenly, you had to judge between three goddesses; and it was this judging that has sent you to Helens ivory palace in Hellas. With his own sword, madam he will make bloody the young girls white neck bloody it with her own blood! Tell us whats wrong! Then you scratch away the seal and then you throw its pine frame onto the ground and then you begin to cry profusely! Towards this now, mother turn your thoughts, and with me weigh how well I speak; to me the whole of mighty Hellas looks; on me the passage over the sea depends; on me the sack of Troy; [1380] and in my power it lies to check henceforth barbarian raids on happy Hellas, if ever in the days to come they seek to seize her women, when once they have Spare me! Here, take it now and carry it over toArgos. Not mine, thats for sure. Then Talthybius stood up amongst them all and told them to be silent. Agamemnon And you shouldnt be hanging around here, among all the soldiers! Tears that come about from making our daughter a bride to Achilles. First Chorus This is the naval force I saw with my own eyes and about which I had heard earlier. What about your own soldiers, Achilles, what about your Myrmidons? What do you think I and the rest of your family will feel towards you? What is all this loud brawling in front of my tent? Agamemnon It will take place at the most propitious time: When the moon completes its cycle again. These are wicked pleasures for a wicked man! If Im lying to you, madam, then let death come upon me. The Plays of Euripides, translated by E. P. Coleridge. My curiosity. Such is "Iphigenia" (1977), by Greek director Mikhali (Michael) Cacoyannis, based on Euripedes' tragedy, "Iphigenia in Aulis." "Iphigenia" relates the story of an incident that took place just prior to the Trojan War. Please, father! My life, mummy, my life has been saved! The play provides some backstory to the more well-known classical tales of the Trojan War. But, no, instead of that, I have brought her to her slaughter! 500. Achilles Not if Ill have anything to say about it! Unjustly but I must! A dreadful sickness! iphigenia in aulis monologue mother listen to meemerald sea vessel mcdermott. 100. Come, son of the goddess, lend us a hand, help us, or else we are doomed! We your children and I- will give you the return that an evil man deserves. ATTENDANT I come; what new schemes now, king Agamemnon? What shall I say to my wife, then? This surely is nothing more than drivel spat out of the mouth of a mad old man! Klytaimestra And the feast for us women? Menelaos Act according to your position, or youll be very sorry, old man! Menelaos True. Gods forbid that I should choose to lose a brother to win a Helen! They will reach the silvery eddies of the Simois river that runs through Apollos stronghold, the rocky plains ofTroy. Figure 2.3: Iphigenia being dragged toward the altar for sacrifice, 91 430-420 BCE. Faithful, devoted, temperate in nuptial duties, a good keeper of your house. Let me make it absolutely clear, my lady: I was there and I saw it with my own eyes! This last one, Helen, had received the most famous, the greatest sons of the whole ofHellasas her suitors ferocious threats of murder were uttered by those who had missed out on her. Chiron, they cried out, Chiron who knows well the meaning of Apollos words, foretells that youll give Thessaly a son, a boy wholl be its brightest light. Klytaimestra goes into the tent. And how did you respond to that? Go! Klytaimestra What shall I do for you in Argos? 9.1", "denarius"). Son of the Nereid, you are marrying my daughter. Just answer my question! Its obvious that theres no escaping my death; so now, I want to die nobly. Iphigenia O mother that bore me! Whats going on? some of them ask. Agamemnon An eloquent covering of a shameful act! He embraces and then steps back to look at her sadly. A black Fate for all three of us! Has the carriage lulled you to sleep? You, Agamemnon, are doing what countless others have also done in public life: While theyre in power they put up enormous efforts to keep it but then, when the public makes a stupid decision sometimes understandably so because the leader is too weak to lead the State- these public figures fall all in a heap and they disgrace themselves! If the oracle has given me some say into your daughters fate then I pass that say over to you. Prepare my sacrifice. He knows nothing of my scheme, nothing of the marriage and nothing of my supposed wish to give my daughter to him, to have him take her into his arms and into his marital bed. No tomb, no tombstone! She decides to ruin the party by tossing in a golden apple that says "To the . 490. I am forced to do it! Klytaimestra Good idea. She is a loving mother, and when her husband orders to kill their daughter, she bears a deep grudge against hi, and vows to take vengeance . One goddess, Aphrodite, was proud of her insatiable love. Tell me Agamemnon! Whether I want to do so or not, I must obey Hellas. If I try to stop them they will kill us all. Klytaimestra Oh, Gods! I shall do as you say. Let them all see which one should be sacrificed. If you really want to do something againstTroythen do it, or else just take us all back home. Menelaos Yes, you may well suffer now because I did break your seal and yes, I do know the secret trickery you were concocting! Then the priest took hold of the sword and, after a few words of prayer, began searching the girls neck looking for the best place to strike. It is a madness I cannot control. Menelaos Useless when you need them and a curse when you dont. I envy any man whose life passes quietly, unnoticed by fame. His wifes doing, so, let him kill his wifes daughter. When our esteemed prophet, Calchas, conducts his next sacrifice, when he will mingle his barley and his holy water upon the altar, he will pay bitterly for it! Directing his question to the chorus. With him also was his close friend, Adrastus, their commander, ready to exact vengeance forHellas sake, against the woman who fled her husbands halls so as to marry a barbarian. Iphigenia's father is Agamemnon and his brother is King Menelaus. He kept pace with the rail and with the wheels of the chariot. Still, if I fail? 280. Or else, we might as well call Mount Sipylus, the Asian city where his barbarous ancestors came from a great city and wipe out of our mind the name of Phthia!

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