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Chorus
[95] What is your errand? To win the right to address the city? Iolaus
We ask not to be surrendered, not to be dragged off against the will of your gods to Argos. Herald
But this will not satisfy your owners. [100] They have control of you and have found you here. Chorus
It is right to respect the gods' suppliants, stranger. They should not be made to leave their sanctuaries with violence. For Lady Justice will not be so treated. Herald
[105] Then send these chattel of Eurystheus from your land and I shall not use force. Chorus
It is godless to yield up a suppliant band of strangers. Herald
Yes, but it is a fine thing to keep one's foot clear of trouble [110] and to hit on the superior plan.
Euripides. Euripides, with an English translation by David Kovacs. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. forthcoming.
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