No, but will close over you when you fall from the masthead. Hecuba Who will force me to take the leap? Polymestor Of your own accord you will climb the ship’s mast. Hecuba With wings upon my back, or by what means? Polymestor You will become a dog with bloodshot gaze. Hecuba How did you know of my transformation? Polymestor Dionysus, our Thracian prophet, told me so. Hecuba And did he prophesy to you nothing of your present trouble? Polymestor No, for you would never have caught me thus by guile. Hecuba Dead or alive shall I complete my life here?