EURIPIDES
Medea
And why did you go to earth's prophetic center?
Aegeus
I went to inquire how children might be born to me.
Medea
Is it so? Your life still up to this point is childless? 670
Aegeus
Yes. By the fate of some power we have no children.
Medea
Have you a wife, or is there none to share your bed?
Aegeus
There is. Yes, I am joined to my wife in marriage,
Medea
And what did Phoebus say to you about children?
Aegeus
Words too wise for a mere man to guess their meaning. 675
Medea
It is proper for me to be told the god's reply?
Aegeus
It is. For sure what is needed is cleverness.
Medea
Then what was his message? Tell me, if I may hear.
Aegeus
I am not to loosen the hanging foot of the wine-skin ...
Medea
Until you have done something, or reached some country? 680
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