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Heracles Mad (541-551)

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Lycus, our new monarch, slew him.
Heracles
Did he meet him in fair fight, or was the land sick and weak?
Megara
Yes, from faction; now he is master of the city of Cadmus with its seven gates.
Heracles
Why has panic fallen on you and my aged father?
Megara
He meant to kill your father, me, and my children.
Heracles
What are you saying? What did he have to fear from my orphan babes?
Megara
He was afraid they might some day avenge Creon’s death.
Heracles
What is this dress they wear, suited to the dead?
Megara
It is the garb of death we have already put on.
Heracles
And were you being forced to die? O woe is me!
Megara
Yes, deserted by every friend, and informed that you were dead.

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