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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 can give�察�old prince。
Ha� �what means this heap of dead upon the floor�拭�Surely I have not
delayed too long and come too late to check new ills�拭�Who slew these
children�拭�whose wife is this I see�拭�Boys do not go to battle�察�nay��
it must be some other strange mischance I here discover。
��The following lines between THESEUS and
AMPHITRYON are chanted responsively。��
AMPHITRYON
O king�察�whose home is that olive´clad hill��
THESEUS
Why this piteous prelude in addressing me��
AMPHITRYON
Heaven has afflicted us with grievous suffering。
THESEUS
Whose be these children�察�o'er whom thou weepest��
AMPHITRYON
My own son's children�察�woe to him� �their father and butcher both
was he�察�hardening his heart to the bloody deed。
THESEUS
Hush good words only��
AMPHITRYON
I would I could obey��
THESEUS
What dreadful words��
AMPHITRYON
Fortune has spread her wings�察�and we are ruined�察�ruined。
THESEUS
What meanest thou�拭�what hath he done��
AMPHITRYON
Slain them in a wild fit of frenzy with arrows dipped in the venom
of the hundred´headed hydra。
THESEUS
This is Hera's work�察�but who lies there among the dead�察�old man��
AMPHITRYON
My son�察�my own enduring son�察�that marched with gods to Phlegra's
plain�察�there to battle with giants and slay them�察�warrior that he was。
THESEUS
Ah�察�woe for him� �whose fortune was e'er so curst as his��
AMPHITRYON
Never wilt thou find another that hath borne a larger share of
suffering or been more fatally deceived。
THESEUS
Why doth he veil his head�察�poor wretch�察�in his robe��
AMPHITRYON
He is ashamed to meet thine eye�察�his kinsman's kind intent and his
children's blood make him abashed。
THESEUS
But I come to sympathize�察�uncover him。
AMPHITRYON
My son�察�remove that mantle from thine eyes�察�throw it from thee��
show thy fare unto the sun�察�a counterpoise to weeping is battling
for the mastery。 In suppliant wise I entreat thee�察�as I grasp thy
beard�察�thy knees�察�thy hands�察�and let fall the tear from my old eyes。 O
my child� �restrain thy savage lion´like temper�察�for thou art rushing
forth on an unholy course of bloodshed�察�eager to join woe to woe。
THESEUS
Ho� �To thee I call who art huddled there in thy misery�察�show to
they friends thy face�察�for no darkness is black enough to hide thy sad
mischance。 Why dost thou wave thy hand at me�察�signifying murder�拭�is it
that I may not be polluted by speaking with thee�拭�If I share thy
misfortune�察�what is that to me�拭�For if I too had luck in days gone by��
must refer it to the time when thou didst bring me safe from the
dead to the light of life。 I hate a friend whose gratitude grows
old�察�one who ready to enjoy his friends' prosperity but unwilling to
sail in the same ship with them when their fortune lours。 Arise��
unveil thy head�察�poor wretch� �and look on me。 The gallant soul endures
without a word such blows as heaven deals。
HERACLES
O Theseus�察�didst thou witness this struggle with my child
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