Pr. But why ask its nature? for it is not a matter that I can communicate to you.
Io. Is it by a consort that he is to be ejected from his throne?
Pr. Yes, surely, one that shall give birth to a son mightier than the father.[59]
Io. And has he no refuge from this misfortune?
Pr. Not he, indeed, before at any rate I after being liberated from my shackles—
Io. Who, then, is he that shall liberate thee in despite of Jupiter?
Pr. It is ordained that it shall be one of thine own descendants.
Io. How sayest thou? Shall child of mine release thee from thy ills?
Pr. Yes, the third of thy lineage in addition to ten other generations.[60]