For poverty alone may be at peace.
And this I hold: the mightiest king is he,
Who from the lust of sovereignty is free.470
Tantalus: But if some god a kingdom should bestow,
It is not meet for mortal to refuse:
Behold, thy brother bids thee to the throne.
Thyestes: He bids? 'Tis but a cloak for treachery.
Tantalus: But brotherly regard ofttimes returns
Unto the heart from which it has been driven;
And righteous love regains its former strength.