nunc omnia quando plena minis, nec sceptra fide nec pace sequestra poscitis, et propior capulo manus, haec mea regi Argolico, nondum aequa tuis, vice dicta reporta: quae sors iusta mihi, quae non indebitus annis sceptra dicavit honos, teneo longumque tenebo: te penes Inachiae dotalis regia dono coniugis, et Danaae (quid enim maioribus actis invideam?) cumulentur opes.
Now since all is full of threats and you demand the sceptre without good faith or peace to mediate and the hand is at the hilt, take these my words back in turn to the Argive king, words still not matching yours. The sceptre that a just lot and a grace due to my years have made mine I hold and long shall. To you belongs dotal kingship by gift of your Inachian bride. Let Danas riches pile high'for why should I be jealous of a greater career?
final_alignments\Statius_Thebaid_Book2.json