IPHIGENEIA AT AULIS.
Night. A lamp burning in Agamemnon's tent. Old Servant waiting without. Agamemnon appears at entrance of tent.
Agamemnon.
Ancient, before this tent come stand.
Old Servant (coming forward).
I come. What purpose hast thou in hand,
Agamemnon, my king?
Agamemnon.
And wilt thou not hasten?
Old Servant.
I haste.
For the need of mine eld scant sleep provideth—
This eld o'er mine eyelids like vigilant sentry is placed. 5
Agamemnon.
What star in the heaven's height yonder rideth?[1]
- ↑ Agamemnon, absorbed in his occupation within, has taken no note of the lapse of time. Now he suddenly recognises that the element of time is all-important, both
