shall bless thee Shall bless thee : Te adficiet. Se, himself, is thought by some to be the correct reading here, as it has been remarked, how could the exploits of Hercules redound to the glory of Amphitryon? Still, as his adoptive father, it was not unlikely that he would take a peculiar interest in the achievements of Hercules. with deathless glory by his deeds. Do thou return with Alcmena to your former affection; she merits not that thou shouldst impute it to her as her blame; by my power has she been compelled thus to act. I now return to the heavens. (He ascends.) AMPHITRYON I’ll do as thou dost command me; and I entreat thee to keep thy promises. I’ll go in-doors to my wife. I dismiss the aged Tiresias from my thoughts. An ACTOR Spectators, now, for the sake of supreme Jove Sake of supreme Jove : According to some Commentators, the Romans believed that this Play greatly redounded to the honor of Jupiter; and it was, consequently, often acted in times of public trouble and calamity, with the view of appeasing his anger. They must have had singular notions of honor, as his Godship figures here in the combined characters of an insolent impostor and an unprincipled debauchee. , give loud applause.