... are lighter now that these men have paid their penalty. O Zeus, why is it that men assert the wisdom of the wretched human race? On you we depend, and we do whatever you may wish. We thought our Argos irresistible, ourselves a young and lusty army, and so when Eteocles was for making terms, in spite of his fair offer we would not accept them, and so we perished. Then in their turn those foolish ...