Eteoc. Should the Gods give them what they plan 'gainst us,

Then they, with those their godless boastings high,

Would perish shamefully and utterly.

And for this man of Arcady thou tell'st of,

We have a man who boasts not, but his hand

Sees the right thing to do;—Actôr, of him

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I named but now the brother,—who no tongue

Divorced from deeds will ever let within

Our gates, to spread and multiply our ills,