Semi-Ch. Alas for them, wretched! Alas! for the imprecations of death which avenged murder by murder. Semi-Ch. Semi-Ch. Thou speakest of the stroke that pierced through and through those that were smitten in their houses and in their persons with speechless rage, and the doom of discord brought upon them by the curses of their father. Semi-Ch. Semi-Ch. And moreover, sighing pervades the city, the towers sigh, the land that loved her heroes sighs; and for posterity remains the substance by reason of which, by reason of which,172 contention came upon them whom evil destiny, and the issue of death. Semi-Ch. Semi-Ch. In the fierceness of their hearts they divided 87between them the possessions, so as to have an equal share; but the arbiter173 escapes not censure from their friends, and joyless was their warfare. Semi-Ch. 87 Semi-Ch. Smitten by the steel, here they lie; and smitten by the steel174 there await them—one may perchance ask what?—the inheritance of the tombs of their fathers. Semi-Ch. Semi-Ch. From the house the piercing groan sends forth its sound loudly over them, mourning with a sorrow sufferings as o'er its own, melancholy, a foe to mirth, sincerely weeping from the very soul, which is worn down while I wail for these two princes. Semi-Ch. Semi-Ch. We may say too of these happy men that they both wrought many mischiefs to their countrymen, and to the ranks of all the strangers, that perished in great numbers in battle. Semi-Ch. Semi-Ch. Ill-fated was she that bare them before all women, as many as are mothers of children. Having taken to herself her own son for a husband, she brought forth these, and they have ended their existence thus by fraternal hands that dealt mutual slaughter. Semi-Ch. Semi-Ch. Fraternal in very truth! and utterly undone were they by a severing in no wise amicable, by frenzied
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