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 \nVisit us at http://www.kessinger.net  \nCharacters in the PlayAgamemnonAttendant,an old manChorus of Women of ChalcisMenelausClytaemnestralphigeniaAchillesMessenger  \nThe sea-coast at Aulis.Enter AGAMEMNON and ATTENDANT.  \nAGAMEMNON  \nOld man,come hither and stand before my dwelling.  \nATTENDANT  \nI come;what new schemes now,king Agamemnon?  \nAGAMEMNON  \nThou shalt hear.  \nATTENDANT  \nI am all eagerness.\"Tis little enough sleep old age allows me and keenly it watches o'er  \n# IPHIGENIA AT AULIS\n\nmy eyes.  \nAGAMEMNON  \nWhat can that star be,steering his course yonder?  \n# ATTENDANT\n\nSirius,still shooting o'er the zenith on his way near the Pleiads'sevenfold track.  \nAGAMEMNON  \nThe birds are still at any rate and the sea is calm;hushed are the winds,and silencebroods o'er this narrow firth.  \nATTENDANT  \nThen why art thou outside thy tent,why so restless,my lord Agamemnon?All is yet quiethere in Aulis,the watch on the walls is not yet astir.Let us go in.  \n# AGAMEMNON\n\nI envy thee,old man,aye,and every man who leads a life secure,unknown andunrenowned;but little I envy those in office.  \n# ATTENDANT\n\nAnd yet 'tis there we place the be-all and end-all of existence.  \n# AGAMEMNON\n\nAye,but that is where the danger comes;and ambition,sweet though it seems,bringssorrow with its near approach.At one time the unsatisfied claims of Heaven upset ourlife,at another the numerous peevish fancies of our subjects shatter it.  \nATTENDANT  \n# IPHIGENIA AT AULIS\n\nI like not these sentiments in one who is a chief.It was not to enjoy all blessings thatAtreus begot thee,O Agamemnon;but thou must needs experience joy and sorrow alike,mortal as thou art.E'en though thou like it not,this is what the gods decree;but thou,after letting thy taper spread its light abroad,writest the letter which is still in thy handsand then erasest the same words again,sealing and re-opening the scroll,then flingingthe tablet to the ground with floods of tears and leaving nothing undone in thy aimlessbehaviour to stamp thee mad.What is it troubles thee?what news is there affecting thee,my liege?Come,share with me thy story;to a loyal and trusty heart wilt thou be tellingit;for Tyndareus sent me that day to form part of thy wife's dowry and to wait upon thebride with loyalty.  \n# AGAMEMNON\n\nLeda,the daughter of Thestius,had three children,maidens,Phoebe,Clytaemnestra mywife,and Helen;this last it was who had for wooers the foremost of the favoured sons ofHellas;but terrible threats of spilling his rival's blood were uttered by each of them,should he fail to win the maid.Now the matter filled Tyndareus,her father,withperplexity;at length this thought occurred to him;the suitors should swear unto eachother and join right hands thereon and pour libations with burnt sacrifice,bindingthemselves by this curse,\"Whoever wins the child of Tyndareus for wife,him will weassist,in case a rival takes her from his house and goes his way,robbing her husband ofhis rights;and we will march against that man in armed array and raze his city to theground,Hellene no less than barbarian.\"  \nNow when they had once pledged their word and old Tyndareus with no small clevernesshad beguiled them by his shrewd device,he allowed his daughter to choose from amongher suitors the one towards whom the breath of love might fondly waft her.Her choicefell on Menelaus;would she had never taken him!Anon there came to Lacedaemon fromPhrygia's folk the man who,legend says,adjudged the goddesses'dispute;in robes ofgorgeous hue,ablaze with gold,in true barbaric pomp;and he,finding Menelaus gonefrom home,carried Helen off with him to his steading on Ida,a willing paramour.Goaded to frenzy Menelaus flew through Hellas,invoking the ancient oath exacted byTynd","cbCainCsgZlYSTzr","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainCsgZlYSTzr","pdf",3076300,76,"English","# Characters\n## Plot setup at Aulis\n## Agamemnon’s predicament","[{\"question\":\"Where does the play begin, and what atmosphere is described?\",\"answer\":\"The opening is set on the sea-coast at Aulis, with calm waters, hushed winds, and silence brooding over the narrow firth.\"},{\"question\":\"Why is the Greek army stuck at Aulis?\",\"answer\":\"The army remains weather-bound at Aulis, and Calchas declares that sacrifice to Artemis is required for the Greeks to sail.\"},{\"question\":\"What does Agamemnon reveal about Iphigenia’s summons?\",\"answer\":\"Agamemnon explains that he wrote to his wife to send Iphigenia under the pretense of a wedding, later detailing that he is now countermanding the plan and carrying the truth of the folded scroll.\"}]","Iphigenia At Aulis - read online | PDF",1790718004,117]