No more obedient to thy nerveless hand?

But if, perchance, thou still art strong to slay,

Undaunted husband, I await thy hand;

Yea, for this cause will I postpone my death.

As thou didst Lichas crush, though innocent,

Crush me, to other cities scatter me,

Yea, hurl me to a land to thee unknown.980

Destroy me as thou didst the Arcadian boar,

And every monster that resisted[35] thee.

But Oh, from them, my husband, thou didst come