phaenissae

Updated: May 23, 2025

Goethe used this play for his drama of the same name; he made Thoas the lover of Iphigeneia, whom he represents as the real image whom Orestes is to remove. Her departure is not compassed by a stratagem, but is permitted by the King, a man of singular nobility and self-denial. The Phaenissae has been much admired in all ages.

T. W. Lumb - Authors of Greece