And though a mortal, thought, with no good counsel,
To master all the Gods, yea, e'en Poseidon.
Nay, was not my poor son oppressed with madness?
And much I fear lest all my heaped-up treasure
Become the spoil and prey of the first comer.
Atoss. Such things the o'er-hasty Xerxes learns from others,
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By intercourse with men of evil counsel;[[54]]
Who say that thou great wealth for thy son gained'st
By thy spear's might, while he with coward spirit