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The Suppliants (778-820)

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Joy is here and sorrow too,—
for the state fair fame, and for our captains double meed of honour. Bitter for me it is to see the limbs of my dead sons, and yet a welcome sight withal, because I shall behold the unexpected day
after sorrow’s cup was full.
786
Chorus
Would that Father Time had kept me unwed from my youth up e’en till now when I
am old! What need had I of children?
Methinks I should not have suffered excessively, had I never borne the marriage-yoke; but now I have my sorrow full in view, the loss of children dear.
794
Chorus
Lo! I see the bodies
of the fallen youths. Woe is me! would I could join these children in their death and descend to Hades with them!
798
Adrastus
Mothers, raise the wail for the dead departed;
cry in answer when ye hear my note of woe.
Chorus
My sons, my sons! O bitter words for loving mothers to address to you! To thee, my lifeless child, I call.
Adrastus
Woe! woe!
Chorus
Ah me, my sufferings!
Adrastus
Alas!
Chorus
⋯[*]
Adrastus
We have endured, alas!—
Chorus
Sorrows most grievous.
Adrastus
O citizens of Argos! do ye not behold my fate?
Chorus
They see thee, and me the hapless mother,
reft of her children.
811
Adrastus
Bring near the blood-boltered corpses of those hapless chiefs, foully slain by foes unworthy, with whom lay the decision of the contest.
Chorus
Let me embrace and hold my children to my bosom in my enfolding arms.
Adrastus
There, there! thou hast—
Chorus
Sorrows heavy enough to bear.
Adrastus
Ah me!
Chorus
Thy groans mingle with those of their parents.[*]
Adrastus
Hear me.

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