Message To Orestes Lyrics

This message to Orestes, to the son

Of Agamemnon, bear: She, who was slain

At Aulis, Iphigenia, sends thee this:

To Argos, O my brother, ere I die,

Bear me from this barbaric land, and far

Remove me from this altar's bloody rites,

At which to slay the stranger is my charge.

Tell him the goddess saved me, in exchange

A hind presenting, which my father slew

Thou hast my charge: and this my letter speaks

To Argos, O my brother, ere I die,

Bear me from this barbaric land, and far

Remove me from this altar's bloody rites,

At which to slay the stranger is my charge.