My heart is filled with fears, my courage fails;
And, bent on flight, my feet unwilling move.420
Tantalus [one of Thyestes' sons]: Why, O my father, dost thou falter so
With steps uncertain, turn away thy face,
And hold thyself as on a doubtful course?
Thyestes [in soliloquy]: Why hesitate, my soul, or why so long
Deliberate upon a point so clear?
To such uncertain things dost thou intrust
Thyself as throne and brother? And fearest thou
Those ills already conquered and found mild?425