Eteocles.
Here, too, we meet the strong with something stronger.
When men are proud beyond the mark of right,
They do proclaim with forward tongue their folly,
Themselves their own accuser. This brave Capaneus
With empty threats and wordy exercise,
Fights mortal ’gainst immortals, and upcasts
Loud billowy boasts in Jove’s high face. But I
In Jove have faith that he will smite this boaster
With flaming bolts, to vulgar heat of noon