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EURIPIDES.
Thou, (to the herald) go to Argos; tell Eurystheus this: 250
And, if he implead these strangers in our courts,
He shall have right. These shalt thou hale hence never.
Kopreus.
Not if my cause be just, my plea prevail?
Demophon.
Just?—to hale hence by force the suppliant?
Kopreus.
Then mine the shame: no harm befalleth thee.[1] 255
Demophon.
My shame too, if I let thee drag these hence.
Kopreus.
Banish them thou: then I will lead them thence.
Demophon.
O born a fool, who wouldst outwit the God!
Kopreus.
So hither felons must for refuge flee!
Demophon.
The God's house gives to all men sanctuary. 260
- ↑ Al. οὔκουν . . . . ἀλλὰ: "No shame to me, but thine own hurt is this." i.e., this resistance on your part, which, while it will not (as the event will prove) disgrace me, will turn to your own hurt.