THE    HERACLEIDAE
Chorus
But the authorities won't stand for it.
Alcmene
You mean they don't like killing enemies?	965
Chorus
Not prisoners of war, at any rate.
Alcmene
And Hyllus, too, agreed with that idea?
Chorus
Do you expect him to defy our laws?
Alcmene
Why, then, we should have killed the man at once.
Chorus
That's when (he wrong was done, since he's survived.	970
Alcmene
Why, what's the difference? We'll correct it now.
Chorus
No one will lay a hand upon this man.
Alcmene
No one? Suppose I do. Or don't I count?
Chorus
There'll be a strong reaction if you do.
Alcmene
No one can say that I don't love this city,	975
But just let someone try to take away
This man from me, now I've got hold of him.
Call me a reckless fool as often as
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