...estioning; I was the servant of Capaneus, whom Zeus with scorching bolt burnt to ashes. Dearest friend, fair is your news of your own return, not less the report about Theseus; and if the army of Athens , too, is safe, all your message will be welcome. Safe, and all has happened as I would it had befallen Adrastus and his Argives, whom he led from Inachus, to march against the city of the Cadmea...