Nike.
But it is because I do not know my way that I come to you.
Æsculapius.
To recognise the way is one thing, it is much; but to recognise yourself is infinitely more, and includes the way.
Nike.
Ah! I see. I think I partly see. The element of real victory was absent where no defeat could be.
Æsculapius [eagerly].
Dismal, sooty, raven-coloured robes of the Eumenides!
Nike.