A land where Theseus' name hath never sounded;

Fly, traitor! brave no longer here, my hate!

Within a court that I shall hold with dread,

For ever will the curse cling to my name,

And endless infamy my memory,

That, having given birth to one so shameless,

I dared not take the life I gave to him!

Wretch that thou art, dost thou not answer me?

Hip. Sire, I am not the wretch that thou would'st make me.

Horror—astonishment—have kept me silent—