Original Cast of ARISTOS: the Musical
Briseis’ Flight
[BRISEIS]
My good lord, my apologies for crossing you
You can name any consequence--I will bow to you
But I swear that I caused nothing

[AGAMEMNON]
Quit this stalling, quit this blushing

[BRISEIS]
Yes, my lord

My good lord, is there something that you want from me?

[AGAMEMNON]
You disgrace me to my men and now you’re taunting me?

[BRISEIS]
While I cannot change the past, I
Swear to zeus that it’s the last time
I’ll offend

[IPHIS]
I was never known for my reverence

[AGAMEMNON]
Pursue her
[IPHIS]
But I pray that our gods are generous

[AJAX]
We can’t, sir

[DIOMEDE]
‘Cause it’s almost like she’s changing

[IPHIS & DIOMEDE]
Like the wind becomes her wings and
How she flies

[ENSEMBLE]
Ahhh...

[IPHIS & DIOMEDE]
Then the faraway man calls, “Briseis”

[AGAMEMNON]
Briseis!

[IPHIS & DIOMEDE]
Where we stand, we can see the shores of Tenedos
Hope is rising up to meet her
She is flying towards her freedom
Towards the sky
[DIOMEDE]
And there’s none who could have touched her then. Not one

[IPHIS]
But a boy who had to be his father’s son

[PYRRHUS]
And I pray that her gods are generous