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Heracleidae (726-793)

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Refs {'start': {'reference': '726', 'human_reference': 'Line 726'}, 'end': {'reference': '793', 'human_reference': 'Line 793'}}
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Well said! keep the harness ready to my hand, put a spear within my grasp, and support me on the left side, guiding my steps.
Servant (of Hyllus)
Am I to lead this warrior like a child?
Iolaus
To save the omen, we must go without stumbling.
Servant (of Hyllus)
Would thy power to act were equal to thy zeal!
Iolaus
Hasten; I shall feel it grievously, if I am too late for the battle.
Servant (of Hyllus)
Tis thou who art slow, not I, though thou fanciest thou art doing wonders.
Iolaus
Dost not mark how swift my steps are hasting?
Servant (of Hyllus)
I mark more seeming than reality in thy haste.
Iolaus
Thou wilt tell a different tale when thou seest me there.
Servant (of Hyllus)
What shall I see thee do? I wish thee all success, at any rate.
Iolaus
Thou shalt see me smite some foeman through the shield.
Servant (of Hyllus)
Perhaps, if ever we get there. I have my fears of that.
Iolaus
Ah! would to Heaven that thou, mine arm, een as I remember thee in thy lusty youth, when with Heracles thou didst sack Sparta, couldst so champion me to-day! how I would put Eurystheus to flight! since he is too craven to wait the onslaught.
For prosperity carries with it this error too a reputation for bravery; for we think the prosperous man a master of all knowledge.
748
Chorus
O earth, and moon that shines by night, and dazzling radiance of the god,
that giveth light to man, bear the tidings to me, shout aloud to heaven for joy, and beside our rulers throne, and in the shrine of grey-eyed Athene.
For my fatherland and home will I soon decide the issue of the strife with the gleaming sword, because I have taken suppliants under my protection.
759
Chorus
Tis a fearful thing, that a city
prosperous as Mycenae is, one famed for martial prowess, should harbour wrath against my land; still, my countrymen, it were a shameful thing in us to yield up suppliant strangers
at the bidding of Argos. Zeus is on my side, I am not afraid; Zeus hath a favour unto me, as is my due; never by me[*] shall gods be thought weaker than mortal men.
770
Chorus
O dread goddess,[*] thine the soil whereon we stand, thine this city, for thou art its mother, queen, and saviour; wherefore turn some other way the impious king, who leadeth a host
from Argos with brandished lance against this land; for, such my worth, I little merit exile from my home.
777
Chorus
For thy worship[*] is aye performed with many a sacrifice, and never art thou forgotten as each month draweth to its close,
when young voices sing and dancers music is heard abroad, while on our wind-swept hill goes up the cry of joy to the beat of maidens feet by night.
784
Servant (of Hyllus)
Mistress, the message that I bring is very short
for thee to hear and fair for me, who stand before thee, to announce. Oer our foes we are victorious, and trophies are being set up, with panoplies upon them, taken from thy enemies.
Alcmena
Best of friends! this day hath wrought[*] thy liberty by reason of these tidings.
But there still remains one anxious thought thou dost not free me from;—a thought of fear;—are those, whose lives I cherish, spared to me?
Servant (of Hyllus)
They are, and high their fame through all the army spreads.
Alcmena
The old man Iolaus,—is he yet alive?

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