for Hellas, out beyond the barrier of the Dark-Blue Rocks and the
great stretches of magical and 'unfriended' sea. Nearly all the
lyrics are full of sea-light and the clash of waters, and the
lyrics are usually the very soul of Euripidean tragedy.

G. M.





CHARACTERS OF THE PLAY


IPHIGENIA, eldest daughter of Agamemnon, King of Argos; supposed
to have been sacrificed by him to Artemis at Aulis.

ORESTES, her brother; pursued by Furies for killing his mother,
Clytemnestra, who had murdered Agamemnon.

PYLADES, Prince of Phocis, friend to Orestes.

THOAS, King of Tauris, a savage country beyond the Symplegades.

A HERDSMAN.

A MESSENGER.

CHORUS of Captive Greek Women, handmaids to Iphigenia.