But wherefore these reflections? This I fain would learn, the way thou didst escape; and after that I will ask thee of the rest. Messenger During the uproar which prevailed in the city owing to the battle, I passed the gates, just as the host had entered them. Adrastus Are ye bringing the bodies, for the which the strife arose? Messenger Ay, each of the seven chiefs who led their famous hosts. Adrastus What sayest thou? the rest who fell—say, where are they? Messenger They have found burial in the dells of Cithseron. Adrastus On this or that side of the mount? And who did bury them? Messenger Theseus buried them ’neath the shadow of Eleutherae’s cliff.