42 Ernest Heinrich Klotsche 



" Guardian of ships, Sea-queen Leucothea's son 

 O Lord Palsemon, gracious be to us ; 

 Or ye, Twin Brethren, if ye yonder sit ; 

 Or Nereus' darlings, born to him of whom 

 That company of fifty Nereids sprang." 



Here the poet adopts the natural expressions of superstitious 

 Greek seamen. Leucothea and Palasmon were sea-gods beneficent 

 to mariners. 



Iphigenia pleads with Artemis to rescue her and her two coun- 

 trymen or else " Phoebus' lips must lose their truth to mortal men, 

 through thee ! " 



I. T. 1082^^8: 



ct) TTOTVi , ijirep fx AvXiSos Kara tttuxo-s 

 SeLvrjs ecTucras k. t. X. 



" O Goddess-queen, who erst by Aulis' clefts 

 Didst save me from my sire's dread murderous hand, , 



Save me now too with these ; else Loxias' words 

 Through thee shall be no more believed of men. 

 But graciously come forth this barbarous land 

 To Athens. It beseems thee not to dwell 

 Here, when so blest a city may be thine.' 



and again she prays to Artemis : 



I. T. 1398-1402: 



W AtJTOVS KOpT), 



auiabv fxe Trjv a7]V leplav k. t. X. 



"Leto's Child, O Maid, 

 Save me, thy priestess ! Bring me unto Greece 

 From alien land; forgive my theft of thee! 

 Thy brother, Goddess, dost thou also love : 

 O then believe that I too love my kin ! " 



Iphigenia inquires after her enemies, first of all Helen, then 

 Calchas the seer who had died on his way from Troy, and finally 

 Odysseus who with others had plotted the immolation of Iphi- 

 genia. She pronounces a curse on Odysseus : 



I. T. 535 : 



o\oLTO, voaTov n7]TroT els irarpav ri'xwi'. 

 " Now ruin seize him ! Never win he home ! " 

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