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Pylades Monologue from Iphigenia in Tauris

From Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides

male · anguished · 1:03 min

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I cannot live for shame if thou art dead. I sailed together with thee; let us die Together. What a coward slave were I, Creeping through Argos and from glen to glen Of wind-torn Phocian hills! And most of men-- For most are bad--will whisper how one day I left my friend to die and made my way Home. They will say I watched the sinking breath Of thy great house and plotted for thy death To wed thy sister, climb into thy throne... I dread, I loathe it.--Nay, all ways but one Are shut. My last breath shall go forth with thine, Thy bloody sword, thy gulf of fire be mine Also. I love thee and I dread men's scorn.

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Pylades expresses his deep emotional turmoil and loyalty to his friend, contemplating the shame of survival without him and the inevitability of death.

20s · fear · love · death · honor · friendship

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