his paulum furor elanguescere dictis coeperat, obstreperet quamquam atque obstaret Erinys; iam summissa manus, lente iam flectit habenas, iam tacet; erumpunt gemitus, lacrimasque fatetur cassis; hebent irae, pariterque et abire nocentem et venisse pudet: subito cum matre repulsa Eumenis eiecit fractis Eteoclea portis clamantem: venio, solumque quod ante vocasti invideo; ne incesse moras, gravis arma tenebat mater; io patria, o regum incertissima tellus, nunc certe victoris eris! nec mitior ille, tandem, inquit, scis, saeve, fidem et descendis in aequum? o mihi nunc primum longo post tempore frater, congredere: hae leges, haec foedera sola supersunt.
At these words his rage began to weaken a little, though the Fury loudly resists. Already his hand is falling, already he wheels his mount less rapidly, already he keeps silent. His groans break through, his helmet confesses his tears. Anger abates and he is ashamed both to depart and to have come in guilt; when suddenly the Fury repulses the mother and hurls forth Eteocles from the broken gates shouting: Here I come and envy you one thing only, that you challenged first. Chide not the delay, my mothers weight was holding my arms. My country, land most doubtful of your kings, now surely you will belong to the victor. No gentler is the other: At length, bully, he says, do you know the meaning of good faith and come down onto the level? Now for the first time in so long you are my brother: fight me. These are the only terms, the only covenants that remain.
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