... Athenian realm, Theseus, I have come a suppliant to you and to your city. What do you hunt? What need is yours? Do you know how I led an expedition to its ruin? Yes, you did not pass through Hellas in silence. There I lost the pick of Argos' sons. These are the results of that unhappy war. I went and demanded their bodies from Thebes. Did you rely on heralds, Hermes' servants, in orde...