To drag the triple headed dog to light,

That guards the gate of Pluto;—the command

Of stern Eurystheus. This last bloody deed,

(Wretch that I am!) the murder of my sons

Have I achieved, to crown my house with ills.

I am reduced to this unhappiness,

At my loved Thebes I cannot dwell, for here

What temple, what assembly of my friends

Can I approach? Pollutions rank as mine,

Allow no converse. Should I go to Argos?