δυσσεβεῖν. He regards Iolè as virtually the destroyer of both his parents (1233): it is not “εὐσεβές” for him to marry her. Heracles replies that the supreme duty is to do a father's pleasure (cp. 1177).
This text is part of:
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.
An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.