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The Suppliants (157-170)

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It seems thy going was not favoured by heaven.
Adrastus
Worse; I went in spite even of Amphiaraus.
Theseus
And so heaven lightly turned[*] its face from thee.
Adrastus
I was carried away by the clamour of younger men.
Theseus
Thou didst favour courage instead of discretion.
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Adrastus
[*]True; and many a general owes defeat to that. O king of Athens, bravest of the sons of Hellas, I blush
to throw myself upon the ground and clasp thy knees, I a grey-haired king, blest in days gone by; yet needs must I yield to my misfortunes. I pray thee save the dead; have pity on my sorrows and on these, the mothers of the slain,
whom hoary eld finds reft of their sons; yet they endured to journey hither and tread a foreign soil with aged tottering steps, bearing no embassy to Demeters mysteries; only seeking burial for their dead, which lot should have been theirs,

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