Didst thou rely on heralds, Hermes’ servants, in order to bury them? AdrastusI did; and even then their slayers said me nay.TheseusWhy, what say they to thy just request?AdrastusSay! Success makes them forget how to bear their fortune.TheseusArt come to me then for counsel? or wherefore?AdrastusWith the wish that thou, O Theseus, shouldst recover the sons of the Argives.TheseusWhere is your Argos now? were its vauntings all in vain?AdrastusDefeat and ruin are our lot. To thee for aid we come.Theseus this thy own private resolve, or the wish of all the city?AdrastusThe sons of Danaus, one and all, implore thee to bury the dead.TheseusWhy didst lead thy seven armies against Thebes?AdrastusTo confer that favour on the husbands of my daughters twain.TheseusTo which of the Argives didst thou give thy daughters in marriage?AdrastusI made no match for them with kinsmen of my family.TheseusWhat! didst give Argive maids to foreign lords?AdrastusYea, to Tydeus, and to Polynices, who was Theban-born.