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ὦ φίλταται γυναῖκες, εἰς ὑμᾶς βλέπω,
καὶ τἄμ’ ἐν ὑμῖν ἐστιν ἢ καλῶς ἔχειν
ἢ μηδὲν εἶναι καὶ στερηθῆναι πάτρας
φίλου τ’ ἀδελφοῦ φιλτάτης τε συγγόνου.
My dearest women, I turn to you. I am in your hands and it is up to you whether I do well or am nothing and am robbed of my fatherland, my dear brother and my dear sister.
Euripides Iphigenia in Tauris 1056-9 (54)

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