O hapless mother, surely thou hast a heart of stone or steel to slay the offspring of thy womb by such a murderous doom.

ChorusOf all the wives of yore I know but one who laid her hand upon her children dear, even Ino,This is Euripides’ version of the legend, not the usual one; which makes Athamas the father go mad and kill one son, while Ino leaps into the sea with the other. whom the gods did madden in the day