To be stretched out, O king of Thessaly.
Let greedy vultures feed upon my flesh.
One from the tale of the Danaïdes
Is lacking[34] yet; let me the number fill.
Ye shades, make room for me; O Colchian wife,
Receive me as thy comrade there below.950
My deed is worse, far worse than both thy crimes,
Though thou as mother and as sister, too,
Hast sinned. Thou also, cruel queen of Thrace,
Take me as comrade of thy crimes. And thou,