[Eteocles yields to her.]

He sheathes his sword,

And on his peaceful, grounded spear he leans.

[She turns to Polynices.]

And now to thee, O son, thy mother turns500

With prayers and tears. At last I see thy face

Which long have I desired and prayed to see.

Thee, as an exile from thy fatherland,

The household of a foreign king protects;

O'er many seas, by many chances driven,