EURIPIDES
I guessed some trouble had fallen on my house,
and thus forewarned, I entered secretly.
Amphitryon
Good. Go now, enter your house and greet your hearth.
Look on your father's house; let it behold you. 600
Shortly the king will come to hale us off
and slaughter us: your wife, your sons, and me.
Wait here, and everything shall come to hand;
with safety too. But let the city go,
my son, until we finish matters here. 605
Heracles
You advise me well. I will go within.
I owe first greetings to my household gods
because they brought me home from sunless caves
of Kore and Hades. I shall not slight them.
Amphitryon
Did you really descend to Hades, son? 610
Heracles
Yes; I brought back the triple-headed dog.
Amphitryon
You subdued him? or was he the goddess' gift?
Heracles
Subdued him. Luck was mine: I saw the mysteries.
Amphitryon
And is the monster at EurystheuV house?
Heracles
No, at Hermione, in Demeter's grove. 615
Amphitryon
Does Eurystheus know of your return above?
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