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Rh. 'Tis harm to me, if I let them be haled away by thee.

. Banish them thyself, and then will I take them from elsewhere.

. Nature made thee a fool, to think thou knowest better than the god.

. It seems then evildoers are to find a refuge here.

. A temple of the gods is an asylum open to the world.

. Maybe they will not take this view in Mycenæ.

. What! am I not lord of this domain?

. So long as thou injure not the Argives, and if wise, thou wilt not.

. Be injured for all I care, provided I sin not against the gods.

. I would not have thee come to blows with Argos.

. I am of like mind in this; but I will not dismiss these from my protection.

. For all that, I shall take and drag my own away.

. Why then perhaps thou wilt find a difficulty in returning to Argos.

. That shall I soon find out by making the attempt.

. Touch them and thou shalt rue it, and that without delay.

. I conjure thee, never dare to strike a herald.

. Strike I will, unless that herald learn discretion.

. Depart; and thou, O king, touch him not.

. I go; for 'tis feeble fighting with a single arm. But I will come again, bringing hither a host of Argive troops, spearmen clad in bronze; for countless warriors are awaiting my return, and king Eurystheus in person at their head;