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EURIPIDES.
Iphigeneia.
Yea, and chiefly of my friends—
Thoas.
Hereby thou meanest me, I wis.
Iphigeneia.
None must to the sight draw near.
Thoas.
Our city hath thine heedful care.
Iphigeneia.
Rightly.
Thoas.
Rightly through the city art thou reverenced everywhere.
Iphigeneia.
Thou abide before Her shrine: 1215
Thoas.
What service shall I do her there?
Iphigeneia.
Cleanse her house with flame.
Thoas.
That it be pure for thy return thereto.
Iphigeneia.
And when forth the temple come the strangers—