Answered: “Yea, well might I deserve the name
Of coward and of wretch, should I submit
In all things to do thy bidding. Such commands
Lay thou on others, not on me; nor think
I shall obey thee longer.”
The translation by William Sotheby, M. R. S. L., book 1, page 16, line 21, runs as follows:
“Wise is thy counsel”—Atreus’ son reply’d—
“Well thy persuasive voice might Grecia guide,
But this—this man must stretch o’er all his sway,
All must observe his will, his beck obey,