Cleom. I thank you, mother;

Once more you have erected me to man,

And set me upright, with my face to heaven.

The woman and the boy be yours awhile:

The war be mine alone!

Crat. There spoke the Spartan king: Think not on us.

Cleom. I wonnot.

Cleor. Not in prayers!

Cleon. In prayers! That's poor,

As if the gods were thoughtless of their work.