ATH. You flinch from seeing the madman in full view.
OD. When sane, I ne’er had flinched before his face.
ATH. Well, but even now he shall not know thee near.
OD. How, if his eyes be not transformed or lost?
ATH. I will confound his sense although he see.
OD. Well, nothing is too hard for Deity.
ATH. Stand still and keep thy place without a word.
OD. I must. Would I were far away from here!
ATH. Aias! Again I summon thee. Why pay
So scanty heed to her who fights for thee?
Enter AIAS with a bloody scourge.