...breeding lead you to the heights? Poverty is a curse; breeding did not find me food. Man's dearest treasure, it seems, is his country. You could not name how dear it is! How did you come to Argos ? What was your scheme? Loxias gave Adrastus an oracle. What was it? What are you saying? I cannot guess. That he should marry his daughters to a boar and a lion. What did you, my son, have ...