He strengthens and opposing powers prepares,
We must the attack begin, lest, while we wait,
He strike us unprepared. For well I know
That he must either slay me or be slain
By me. There lies the crime between us two:
Who leaps to grasp it first, the crime shall do.
Attendant: But does the evil fame of such a deed
Deter you not?
Atreus: The greatest blessing this
Of royal power, that men are forced to praise205