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The Suppliants (108-136)

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Why are they come to us, with suppliant hand outstretched?
Aethra
I know; but ’tis for them to tell their story, my son.
Theseus
To thee, in thy mantle muffled, I address my inquiries; unveil thy head, let lamentation be, and speak; for naught can be achieved save through the utterance of thy tongue.[*]
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Victorious prince of the Athenian realm, Theseus, to thee and to thy city I, a suppliant, come.
Theseus
What seekest thou? What need is thine?
Adrastus
Dost know how I did lead an expedition to its ruin?
Theseus
Assuredly; thou didst not pass through Hellas, all in silence.
Adrastus
There I lost the pick of Argos’ sons.
Theseus
These are the results of that unhappy war.
Adrastus
I went and craved their bodies from Thebes.
Theseus
Didst thou rely on heralds, Hermes’ servants, in order to bury them?
Adrastus
I did; and even then their slayers said me nay.
Theseus
Why, what say they to thy just request?
Adrastus
Say! Success makes them forget how to bear their fortune.
Theseus
Art come to me then for counsel? or wherefore?
Adrastus
With the wish that thou, O Theseus, shouldst recover the sons of the Argives.
Theseus
Where is your Argos now? were its vauntings all in vain?
Adrastus
Defeat and ruin are our lot. To thee for aid we come.
Theseus
this thy own private resolve, or the wish of all the city?
Adrastus
The sons of Danaus, one and all, implore thee to bury the dead.
Theseus
Why didst lead thy seven armies against Thebes?
Adrastus
To confer that favour on the husbands of my daughters twain.
Theseus
To which of the Argives didst thou give thy daughters in marriage?
Adrastus
I made no match for them with kinsmen of my family.
Theseus
What! didst give Argive maids to foreign lords?
Adrastus
Yea, to Tydeus, and to Polynices, who was Theban-born.

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