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1052 Euripides [1399-1414]<br />

HERACLES<br />

Nay, let me not wipe off the blood upon thy robe.<br />

<strong>THE</strong>SEUS<br />

Wipe it off and spare not; I will not say thee nay.<br />

HERACLES<br />

Reft of my own sons, I find thee as a son to me.<br />

<strong>THE</strong>SEUS<br />

Throw thy arm about my neck; I will be thy guide.<br />

HERACLES<br />

A pair of friends in sooth are we, but one a man of sorrows. Ah! aged<br />

sire, this is the kind of man to make a friend.<br />

AMPHITRYON<br />

Blest in her sons, the country that gave him birth !<br />

HERACLES<br />

0 Theseus, turn me back again to see my babes.<br />

<strong>THE</strong>SEUS<br />

What charm dost think to find in this to soothe thy soul?<br />

HERACLES<br />

1 long to do so, and would fain embrace my sire.<br />

AMPHITRYON<br />

Here am I, my son; thy wish is no less dear to me.<br />

<strong>THE</strong>SEUS<br />

Hast thou so short a memory for thy troubles?<br />

HERACLES<br />

All that I endured of yore was easier to bear than this.<br />

<strong>THE</strong>SEUS<br />

If men see thee play the woman, they will scoff.<br />

HERACLES<br />

Have I by living grown so abject in thy sight? 'twas not so once, methinks.<br />

<strong>THE</strong>SEUS<br />

Aye, too much so; for how dost show thyself the glorious Heracles of<br />

yore?

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