Iphigenia in Aulis

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             —Lines 334-375

[Menelaus addresses his brother Agamemnon about the mess they’re
both in: the proposed sacrifice of Agamemnon’s daughter Iphigenia.]

And you have a talent for talking out of both sides of your mouth.
Your friends can never tell which side you’re on.
But let me deconstruct the situation.
Stay here. Wait. Don’t storm out.
I promise I’ll . . .
. . . . . . . . . .