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Demophon
Thou hast spoken well, and I feel confident their conduct will be such; our kindness will they not forget.
Now will I muster the citizens and set them in array, that I may receive Mycenae’s host with serried ranks. But first will I send scouts to meet them, lest they fall upon me unawares; for at Argos every man is prompt to answer to the call,
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and I will assemble prophets and ordain a sacrifice. But do thou leave the altar of Zeus and go with the children into the house; for there are those, who will care for thee, even though I be abroad. Enter then my house, old man.
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Thou hast spoken well, and I feel confident their conduct will be such; our kindness will they not forget.
Now will I muster the citizens and set them in array, that I may receive Mycenae’s host with serried ranks. But first will I send scouts to meet them, lest they fall upon me unawares; for at Argos every man is prompt to answer to the call,
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and I will assemble prophets and ordain a sacrifice. But do thou leave the altar of Zeus and go with the children into the house; for there are those, who will care for thee, even though I be abroad. Enter then my house, old man.
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Iolaus
I will not leave the altar. Let
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us sit here still, praying for the city’s fair success, and when thou hast made a glorious end of this struggle, will we go unto the house; nor are the gods who champion us weaker than the gods of Argos, O king; Hera, wife of Zeus, is their leader;
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Athena ours. And this I say is an omen of success, that we have the stronger deity, for Pallas will not brook defeat.
[Exit Demophon.
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I will not leave the altar. Let
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us sit here still, praying for the city’s fair success, and when thou hast made a glorious end of this struggle, will we go unto the house; nor are the gods who champion us weaker than the gods of Argos, O king; Hera, wife of Zeus, is their leader;
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Athena ours. And this I say is an omen of success, that we have the stronger deity, for Pallas will not brook defeat.
[Exit Demophon.
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Heracleidae. Euripides. Edward P. Coleridge (Translator). London. 1906.
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