<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:py="http://codespeak.net/lxml/objectify/pytype" py:pytype="TREE"><text><body><div type="edition" n="urn:cts:latinLit:phi1017.phi001.perseus-lat2" xml:lang="lat"><sp who="#megara"><l n="414">Gelidus per artus vadit exanguis tremor.</l><l n="415">quod facinus aures pepulit? haut equidem horrui, </l><l n="416">cum pace rupta bellicus muros fragor</l><l n="417">circumsonaret, pertuli intrepide omnia:</l><l n="418">thalamos tremesco; capta nunc videor mihi.</l><l n="419">gravent catenae corpus et longa fame</l><l n="420">mors protrahatur lenta: non vincet fidem </l><l n="421">vis ulla nostram; moriar, Alcide, tua.</l></sp><sp who="#lycus"><speaker>Lyc.</speaker><l n="422">Animosne mersus inferis coniunx facit?</l></sp><sp who="#megara"><speaker>Meg.</speaker><l n="423">Inferna tetigit, posset ut supera assequi.</l></sp><sp who="#lycus"><speaker>Lyc.</speaker><l n="424">Telluris illum pondus immensae premit.</l></sp><sp who="#megara"><speaker>Meg.</speaker><l n="425">Nullo premetur onere, qui caelum tulit. </l></sp><sp who="#lycus"><speaker>Lyc.</speaker><l n="426" part="I">Cogere.</l></sp><sp who="#megara"><speaker>Meg.</speaker><l n="426b" part="F">Cogi qui potest nescit mori.</l></sp><sp who="#lycus"><speaker>Lyc.</speaker><l n="427">Effare potius, quod novis thalamis parem</l><l n="428" part="I">Regale munus.</l></sp><sp who="#megara"><speaker>Meg.</speaker><l n="428b" part="F">Aut tuam mortem aut meam.</l></sp><sp who="#lycus"><speaker>Lyc.</speaker><l n="429" part="I">Moriere demens,</l></sp><sp who="#megara"><speaker>Meg.</speaker><l n="429b" part="F">Coniugi occurram meo.</l></sp><pb n="p.18"/><sp who="#lycus"><speaker>Lyc.</speaker><l n="430">Sceptrone nostro famulus est potior tibi? </l></sp><sp who="#megara"><speaker>Meg.</speaker><l n="431">Quot iste famulus tradidit reges neci.</l></sp><sp who="#lycus"><speaker>Lyc.</speaker><l n="432">Cur ergo regi servit et patitur iugum?</l></sp><sp who="#megara"><speaker>Meg.</speaker><l n="433">Imperia dura tolle: quid virtus erit?</l></sp><sp who="#lycus"><speaker>Lyc.</speaker><l n="434">Obici feris monstrisque virtutem putas?</l></sp><sp who="#megara"><speaker>Meg.</speaker><l n="435">Virtutis est domare quae cuncti pavent. </l></sp><sp who="#lycus"><speaker>Lyc.</speaker><l n="436">Tenebrae loquentem magna Tartareae premunt.</l></sp><sp who="#megara"><speaker>Meg.</speaker><l n="437">Non est ad astra mollis e terris via.</l></sp><sp who="#lycus"><speaker>Lyc.</speaker><l n="438">Quo patre genitus caelitum sperat domos? i</l></sp><sp who="#amphitryon"><speaker>Amph.</speaker><l n="439">Miseranda coniunx Herculis magni, sile:</l><l n="440">partes meae sunt reddere Alcidae patrem </l></sp></div></body></text></TEI>