This hope will make him brave the whirlpools' wrath,

And sail within the treacherous Libyan shoals;

On this hope stayed, the greatest ill of all

Will he have strength to bear—the sight of me.

Attendant: But who will give him confidence in peace?

To whom will he such weighty credence give?295

Atreus: His wicked hope is ready to believe.

Yet shall my sons this message bear from me:

Now let the wretched exile roam no more,

But leave his homeless state for royal halls,