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All hail the marriage! in which two bridegrooms shared; the one, a mortal; [800] the other, Zeus, who came to wed the bride sprung from Perseus; for that marriage of yours, O Zeus, in days gone by has been proved to me a true story beyond all expectation; [805] and time has shown the brightness of Heracles' strength; for he emerged from caverns beneath the earth after leaving Pluto's halls below. To me you are a worthier lord [810] than that base-born king, who now lets it be plainly seen in this struggle between armed warriors, whether justice still finds favor in heaven.
Euripides. The Complete Greek Drama, edited by Whitney J. Oates and Eugene O'Neill, Jr. in two volumes. 1. Heracles, translated by E. P. Coleridge. New York. Random House. 1938.
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