They are of evil mind, and guileful of purpose, with impure hearts, thinking no more of altars than carrion birds. Danaus This would profit us well, my children, should they incur both Heaven’s hate and yours. ChorusFather, no fear of tridents or of things held sacred in the sight of Heaven will ever keep their hands from us.

They are overweening, maddened, with unholy rage, shameless dogs that do not respect the gods.

DanausYet there is a saying that wolves are stronger than dogs; the papyrus-fruit does not conquer the wheat-ear.Distinctive foods mark national differences—the Egyptians are no match for the Argives. Theophrastus, in his 4.8, reports that the inhabitants of Egypt chew papyrus, raw, boiled, or roasted.