Suppose—we played this game of Amazons

In earnest. What an isle this Scyros were;

Rich and wellplanted, and its rocky coast

Easy of defence: the women now upon it

Could hold it. Nay, I have often thought it out:

The king my sire is threescore years and more,

And hath no heir: suppose that when he dies,—

The gods defer it long, but when he dies,

If thou and I should plan to seize this isle,

Drive out the men, and rule it for our own ...