...conquest or inscribe the spoils at the streams of Inachus: “Polyneices after giving Thebes to the flames dedicated these shields to the gods”? O my son, may you never win such fame from Hellas ! If, on the other hand, you are beaten and your brother's cause prevails, how will you return to Argos, leaving countless dead behind? Some one will be sure to say: “Adrastus, you made an evi...