quos optat gemitus, quantas cupit impia clades! digna quidem: sed quid miseri decepta mariti arma, quid insontes nati meruere furores? Postquam regales epulas et gaudia vulgi bisseni clausere dies, Ismenius heros respicere ad Thebas iamque et sua quaerere regna.
Ah, the laments she prays for, impious woman, the disasters she desires! She merits them; but the cheated arms of her hapless husband, the guiltless madness of her son'what did they deserve? Twice six days ended the royal feasting and the peoples celebration. Now the Ismenian hero turns his eyes to Thebes and seeks his own kingdom as well.
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