A bold assertion that, but you are not yet explaining what has happened.AmphitryonYour own eyes see that, if by this time you are restored to your senses.HeraclesFill in your sketch if any change awaits my life.AmphitryonI will explain, if you are no longer mad as a fiend of hell.HeraclesOh! what suspicions these dark hints of yours again excite!AmphitryonI am still doubtful whether you are in your sober senses.HeraclesI have no recollection of being mad.AmphitryonAm I to loose my son, old friends, or what shall I do?HeraclesLoose me, yes, and say who bound me; for I feel shame at this.AmphitryonRest content with what you know of your woes; the rest forego.Heracles No. for is silence sufficient to learn what I wish?AmphitryonO Zeus, do you behold these deeds proceeding from the throne of Hera?HeraclesWhat! have I suffered something from her enmity?AmphitryonA truce to the goddess! attend to your own troubles.HeraclesI am undone; you will tell me some mischance.AmphitryonSee here the corpses of your children.HeraclesO horror! what sight is here? ah me!AmphitryonMy son, against your children you have waged unnatural war.HeraclesWar! what do you mean? who killed these?AmphitryonYou and your bow and some god, whoever is to blame.HeraclesWhat are you saying? what have I done? Speak, father, you messenger of evil!AmphitryonYou were insane; it is a sad explanation you are asking.HeraclesWas it I that slew my wife also?AmphitryonYour own unaided arm has done all this.HeraclesAlas! a cloud of mourning wraps me round.AmphitryonFor this reason I lament your fate.HeraclesDid I dash my house to pieces in my frenzy?AmphitryonI know nothing but this, that you are utterly undone.HeraclesWhere did the madness seize me? where did it destroy me?AmphitryonWhen you were purifying yourself with fire at the altar.