Wherefore had the son of Oedipus left Thebes?AdrastusBy reason of his father’s curse, not to spill his brother’s blood.TheseusWise no doubt that voluntary exile.AdrastusBut those who stayed at home were for injuring the absent.TheseusWhat! did brother rob brother of his inheritance?AdrastusTo avenge this I set out; hence my ruin. TheseusDidst consult seers, and gaze into the flame of burnt-offerings?AdrastusAh me! thou pressest on the very point, wherein I most did fail.TheseusIt seems thy going was not favoured by heaven.AdrastusWorse; I went in spite even of Amphiaraus.TheseusAnd so heaven lightly turnedReiske conjectures ἀπεστράφης, and omits σ’. its face from thee.AdrastusI was carried away by the clamour of younger men.