Hermes And who is the stunning gentleman in the purple and the diadem? Lampichus I am Lampichus, tyrant of Gela. Hermes And what is all this splendour doing here, Lampichus? Lampichus How! would you have a tyrant come hither stripped? Hermes A tyrant! That would be too much to expect. But with a shade we must insist. Off with these things. Lampichus There, then:-away goes my wealth. Hermes Pomp must go too, and pride; we shall be overfreighted else. Lampichus At least let me keep my diadem and robes. Hermes No, no; off they come! Lampichus Well? That is all, as you see for yourself. Hermes There is something more yet: cruelty, folly, insolence, hatred. Lampichus There then: I am bare.