THE HERACLEIDAE
Gods all their due; it takes a quite
Unbalanced person to deny
It in the face of all the facts, 905
And Zeus himself has verified
It very clearly in his acts
Today, in taking down the pride
Of callous brutes.
STROPHE
Your son, Alcmene, never died. 910
He rules above, and never set
His foot in Hades, or inside
The crematory fire, but met
The wedding-god and fell in love
With Hebe, and the two were paid 915
The honors due to children of
Zeus, It was a marriage made
In heaven's gilded halls.
ANTISTROPHE
How small a world it is. They say
That Pallas helped the father in 920
The nick of time, and now today
The children's lives have also been
Saved by the goddess' own town.
The pride of that tormentor who
Ill-used them so was taken down, 925
And we'll have nothing more to do
With ruthlessness and greed.
(Enter Attendant with Guards bringing in
Eurystheus in chains.)
Attendant
Madame, we're bringing in, as you can see,
Eurystheus, which must surprise you and
Was the last thing that he expected too. 930
He hadn't bargained for this capture at
Your hands, when he set out from home with such
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