Zeus Take care, Cyniscus: you are going too far. You will repent of this one day. Cyniscus Spare your threats: you know that nothing can happen to me, except what Fate has settled first. I notice, for instance, that even temple-robbers do not always get punished; most of them, indeed, slip through your hands. Not destined to be caught, I suppose. Zeus I knew it! you are one of those who would abolish Providence. Cyniscus You seem to be very much afraid of these gentlemen, for some reason.