EURIPIDES

I'm off to my own chiefs; when action starts
I don't intend to leave them in the lurch.

lolaus
Well, wait for me! That's just the thing! I want 680
To go and join my friends and help them out.
Attendant
Come now, don't talk such rot. It's not like you.
lolaus
Not like me, is it, to fight for my friends?
Attendant
You'd do no good, unless your looks could kill.
lolaus
What? I could smash a shield in just like that! 685
Attendant
You might, if you could keep from falling first.
lolaus
There's not a one that will stand up to me.
Attendant
There, easy now; you're not the man you were*
lolaus
I'll take on just as many as I did.
Attendant
Your help won't turn the tide in any case. 690
lolaus
Don't keep me from a thing I'm set to do.
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