Chor. Yea, for he thought it meet to slay his mother.
Athena. Was there no other power whose wrath he feared?
Chor. What impulse, then, should prick to matricide?
Athena. Two sides are here, and I but half have heard.
Chor. But he nor takes nor tenders us an oath.[[501]]
Athena. Thou lov'st the show of Justice more than act.
Chor. How so? Inform me. Skill thou dost not lack!
Athena. 'Tis not by oaths a cause unjust shall win.[[502]]
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Chor. Search out the cause, then, and right judgment judge.