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dreadful circles�察�and coming face to face with him shot him to the
heart�察�and he fell upon his back�察�sprinkling the stone pillars with
blood as he gasped out his life。 Then did Heracles shout for joy and
boasted loud�察 �Here lies one of Eurystheus' brood dead at my feet��
atoning for his father's hate。; Against a second did he aim his bow��
who had crouched at the altar's foot thinking to escape unseen。 But
ere he fired�察�the poor child threw himself at his father's knees�察�and��
flinging his hand to reach his beard or neck�察�cried�察 �Oh� �slay me not��
dear father mine� �I am thy child�察�thine own�察�'tis no son of Eurystheus
thou wilt slay。;
    But that other�察�with savage Gorgon´scowl�察�as the child now stood
in range of his baleful archery�察�smote him on the head�察�as smites a
smith his molten iron�察�bringing down his club upon the fair´haired
boy�察�and crushed the bones。 The second caught�察�away he hies to add a
third victim to the other twain。 But ere he could�察�the poor mother
caught up her babe and carried him within the house and shut the
doors�察�forthwith the madman�察�as though he really were at the Cyclopean
walls�察�prizes open the doors with levers�察�and�察�hurling down their
posts�察�with one fell shaft laid low his wife and child。 Then in wild
career he starts to slay his aged sire�察�but lo� �there came a
phantom�察�so it seemed to us on´lookers�察�Of Pallas�察�with plumed helm��
brandishing a spear�察�and she hurled a rock against the breast of
Heracles�察�which stayed him from his frenzied thirst for blood and
plunged him into sleep�察�to the ground he fell�察�smiting his back
against a column that had fallen on the floor in twain when the roof
fell in。 Thereon we rallied from our flight�察�and with the old man's
aid bound him fast with knotted cords to the pillar�察�that on his
awakening he might do no further evil。 So there he sleeps�察�poor
wretch� �a sleep that is not blest�察�having murdered wife and
children�察�nay�察�for my part know not any son of man more miserable than
he。
                                           ��The MESSENGER withdraws。��
  CHORUS ��singing��
    That murder wrought by the daughters of Danaus�察�whereof my
native Argos wots�察�was formerly the most famous and notorious in
Hellas�察�but this hath surpassed and outdone those previous horrors。
I could tell of the murder of that poor son of Zeus�察�whom Procne��
mother of an only child�察�slew and offered to the Muses�察�but thou hadst
three children�察�wretched parent�察�and all of them hast thou in thy
frenzy slain。 What groans or wails�察�what funeral dirge�察�or chant of
death am I to raise�拭�Alas and woe� �see�察�the bolted doors of the
lofty palace are being rolled apart。 Ah me� �behold these children
lying dead before their wretched father�察�who is sunk in awful
slumber after shedding their blood。 Round him are bonds and cords��
made fast with many a knot about the body of Heracles�察�and lashed to
the stone columns of his house。 While he�察�the aged sire�察�like
mother´bird wailing her unfledged brood�察�comes hasting hither with
halting steps on his bitter journey。

    ��The central doors of the palace have opened and have disclosed
       HERACLES lying asleep�察�bound to a shattered column。 AMPHITRYON
           steps out。 The following lines between AMPHITRYON and
                    the CHORUS are chanted responsively。��

  AMPHITRYON
    Softly�察�softly� �ye aged sons of Thebes�察�let him sleep on and
forget his sorrows。
  CHORUS
    For thee�察�old friend�察�I weep and mourn�察�for the children too and
that victorious chief。
  AMPHITRYON
    Stand further off�察�make no noise nor outcry�察�rouse him not from
his calm deep slumber。
  CHORUS
    O horrible� �all this blood´
  AMPHITRYON
    Hush�察�hush� �ye will be my ruin。
  CHORUS
    That he has spilt is rising up against him。
  AMPHITRYON
    Gently raise your dirge of woe�察�old friends�察�lest he wake�察�and��
bursting his bonds�察�destroy the city�察�rend his sire�察�and dash his
house to pieces。
  CHORUS
    I cannot�察�cannot´
  AMPHITRYON
    Hush� �let me note his breathing�察�come�察�let me put my ear close。
  CHORUS
    Is he sleeping��
  AMPHITRYON
    Aye�察�that is he�察�a deathly sleep�察�having slain wife and children
with the arrows of his twanging bow。
  CHORUS
    Ah� �mourn´
  AMPHITRYON
    I do。
  CHORUS
    The children's death��
  AMPHITRYON
    Ah me��
  CHORUS
    And thy own son's doom。
  AMPHITRYON
    Ah misery��
  CHORUS
    Old friend´
  AMPHITRYON
    Hush� �hush� �he is turning�察�he is waking� �Oh Oh� �let me hide myself
beneath the covert of yon roof。
  CHORUS
    Courage� �darkness still broods o'er thy son's eye。
  AMPHITRYON
    Oh� �beware�察�'tis not that I shrink from leaving the light after my
miseries�察�poor wretch� �but should he slay me that am his father��
then will he be devising woe on woe�察�and to the avenging curse will
add a parent's blood。
  CHORUS
    Well for thee hadst thou died in that day�察�when�察�to win thy
wife�察�thou didst go forth to exact vengeance for her slain brethren by
sacking the Taphians' sea´beat town。
  AMPHITRYON
    Fly�察�fly�察�my aged friends�察�haste from before the palace�察�escape
his waking fury� �For soon will he heap up fresh carnage on the old��
ranging wildly once more through the streets of Thebes。
  CHORUS
    O Zeus�察�why hast thou shown such savage hate against thine own son
and plunged him in this sea of troubles��
  HERACLES ��waking��
    Aha� �my breath returns�察�I am alive�察�and my eyes see�察�opening on
the sky and earth and yon sun's darting beam�察�but how my senses
reel� �in what strange turmoil am I plunged� �my fevered breath in quick
spasmodic gasps escapes my lungs。 How now�拭�why am I lying here�察�made
fast with cables like a ship�察�my brawny chest and arms tied to a
shattered piece of masonry�察�with corpses for my neighbours�察�while o'er
the floor my bow and arrows are scattered�察�that erst like trusty
squires to my arm both kept me safe and were kept safe of me�拭�Surely I
am not come a second time to Hades' halls�察�having just returned from
thence for Eurystheus�拭�No�察�I do not see Sisyphus with his stone�察�or
Pluto�察�or his queen�察�Demeter's child。 Surely I am distraught�察�I cannot
remember where I am。 Ho�察�there� �which of my friends is near or far
to help me in my ignorance�拭�For I have no clear knowledge of things
once familiar。
  AMPHITRYON
    My aged friends�察�shall I approach the scene of my sorrow��
  LEADER OF THE CHORUS
    Yes�察�and let me go with thee�察�nor desert thee in thy trouble。
  HERACLES
    Father�察�why dost thou weep and veil thy eyes�察�standing aloof
from thy beloved son��
  AMPHITRYON
    My child� �mine still�察�for all thy misery。
  HERACLES
    Why�察�what is there so sad in my case that thou dost weep��
  AMPHITRYON
    That which might make any of the gods weep�察�were he to suffer so。
  HERACLES
    A bold assertion that�察�but thou art not yet explaining what has
happened。
  AMPHITRYON
    Thine own eyes see that�察�if by this time thou are restored to
thy senses。
  HERACLES
    Fill in thy sketch if any change awaits my life。
  AMPHITRYON
    I will explain�察�if thou art no longer mad as a fiend of hell。
  HERACLES
    God help us� �what suspicions these dark hints of thine again
excite��
  AMPHITRYON
    I am still doubtful whether thou art in thy sober senses。
  HERACLES
    I never remember being mad。
  AMPHITRYON
    Am I to loose my son�察�old friends�察�or what��
  HERACLES
    Loose and say who bound me�察�for I feel shame at this。
  AMPHITRYON
    Rest content with what thou knowest of thy woes�察�the rest forego。
  HERACLES
    Enough� �I have no wish to probe thy silence。
  AMPHITRYON
    O Zeus�察�dost thou behold these deeds proceeding from the throne of
Hera��
  HERACLES
    What� �have I suffered something from her enmity��
  AMPHITRYON
    A truce to the goddess� �attend to thy own troubles。
  HERACLES
    I am undone�察�what mischance wilt thou unfold��
  AMPHITRYON
    See here the corpses of thy children。
  HERACLES
    O horror� �what hideous sight is here�拭�ah me��
  AMPHITRYON
    My son�察�against thy children hast thou waged unnatural war。
  HERACLES
    War� �what meanst thou�拭�who killed these��
  AMPHITRYON
    Thou and thy bow and some god�察�whoso he be that is to blame。
  HERACLES
    What sayst thou�拭�what have I done�拭�Speak�察�father�察�thou messenger
of evil。
  AMPHITRYON
    Thou wert distraught�察�'tis a sad explanation thou art asking。
  HERACLES
    Was it I that slew my wife also��
  AMPHITRYON
    Thy own unaided arm hath done all this。
  HERACLES
    Ah�察�woe is me� �a cloud of sorrow wraps me round。
  AMPHITRYON
    The reason this that I lament thy fate。
  HERACLES
    Did I dash my house to pieces or incite others thereto��
  AMPHITRYON
    Naught know I save this�察�that thou art utterly undone。
  HERACLES
    Where did my frenzy seize me�拭�where did it destroy me��
  AMPHITRYON
    In the moment thou wert purifying thyself witb fire at the altar。
  HERACLES
    Ah me� �why do I spare my own life when I have taken that of my
dear children�拭�Shall I not hasten to leap from some sheer rock�察�or aim
the sword against my heart and avenge my children's blood�察�or burn
my body in the fire and so avert from my life the infamy which now
awaits me��
    But hither I see Theseus coming to check my deadly counsels�察�my
kinsman and friend。 Now shall I stand revealed�察�and the dearest of
my friends will see the pollution I have incurred by my children's
murder。 Ah�察�woe is me� �what am I to do�拭�Where can I find release
from my sorrows�拭�shall I take wings or plunge beneath the earth�拭�Come��
let me veil my head in darkness�察�for I am ashamed of the evil I have
done�察�and�察�since for these I have incurred fresh blood´guiltiness�察�I
would fain not harm the innocent。
                                     ��THESEUS and his retinue enter。��
  THESEUS
    I am come�察�and others with me�察�young warriors from the land of
Athens�察�encamped by the streams of Asopus�察�to help thy son�察�old
friend。 For a rumour reached the city of the Erechtheidae�察�that
Lycus had usurped the sceptre of this land and was become your enemy
even to battle。 Wherefore I came making recompense for the former
kindness of Heracles in saving me from the world below�察�if haply ye
have any need of such aid as I or my allies c
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