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EURIPIDES.

Orestes.

First will I name this—from Electra heard:—
Know'st thou of Atreus' and Thyestes' feud?


Iphigeneia.

I heard, how of a golden lamb it came.


Orestes.

This broidered in thy web rememberest thou?—


Iphigeneia.

Dearest, thy course wheels very nigh my heart![1] ⁠815


Orestes.

And, pictured in thy loom, the sun turned back?


Iphigeneia.

This too I wrought with fine-spun broidery-threads.


Orestes.

Bath-water sent to Aulis of thy mother?[2]—


Iphigeneia.

I know—that bridal's bliss stole not remembrance.


Orestes.

Again—thine hair unto thy mother sent? ⁠820

  1. ↑ As the chariot in the race wheels close round the post.
  2. ↑ Sent because ritual required the bride to bathe on her wedding-morning in water from the sacred spring of her native town.
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