together with the young men of Thebes. But all he can do is fight with the gods. You must admonish him, father. Who will call him here to my sight, so that he may see how lucky I am?KadmosAlas, alas! When you realize what you have done you will suffer a terrible pain. But if you remain forever in the state you are in now, though hardly fortunate, you will not imagine that you are unfortunate.AgaveBut what of these matters is not right, or what is painful?KadmosFirst cast your eye up to this sky.AgaveAll right; why do you tell me to look at it?KadmosIs it still the same, or does it appear to have changed?AgaveIt is brighter than before and more translucent.KadmosIs your soul still quivering?AgaveI don’t understand your words. I have become somehow sobered, changing from my former state of mind.KadmosCan you hear and respond clearly?AgaveYes, for I forget what we said before, father.KadmosTo whose house did you come in marriage?AgaveYou gave me, as they say, to Echion, the sown man.KadmosWhat son did you bear to your husband in the house?AgavePentheus, from my union with his father.KadmosWhose head do you hold in your hands?AgaveA lion’s, as they who hunted him down said.KadmosExamine it correctly then; it takes but little effort to see.