he wishes to be tried for his debt.The reading χερῶν seems to mean deed of violence. But that is not possible; a mother’s blood upon the earth is hard to recover—alas, the liquid poured on the ground is gone. But you must allow me in return to suckthe red blood from your living limbs. May I feed on you—a gruesome drink! I will wither you alive and drag you down, so that you pay atonement for your murdered mother’s agony. And you will see any other mortal who has sinned by not honoring a god or a stranger or dear parents, each having a just punishment. For Hades is mighty in holding mortals to account under the earth,