Her. While thou, being outside sorrow, schoolest me.
Thes. The much-enduring Herakles talks thus?—
Her. Not the so much-enduring: measure's past!
Thes. —Mainstay to mortals, and their mighty friend?
Her. They nowise profit me: but Heré rules.
Thes. Hellas forbids thou shouldst ineptly die.
Her. But hear, then, how I strive by arguments
Against thy teachings! I will ope thee out
My life—past, present—as unlivable.
First, I was born of this man, who had slain