In bravery; for I will lay me down and die with my lord. Iphis What dost thou say? What is this silly riddle thou propoundest? Evadne To yonder pyre where lies dead Capaneus, I will leap down. Iphis My daughter, speak not thus before the multitude! Evadne The very thing I wish, that every Argive should learn it. Iphis Nay, I will ne’er consent to let thee do this deed. Evadne (as she is throwing herself). ’Tis all one; thou shalt never catch me in thy grasp. Lo! I cast me down, no joy to thee, but to myself and to my husband blazing on the pyre with me.