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ὁ δ’ ἐς τοσοῦτον μωρίας ἀφίκετο,
ὥστ’, ἐξὸν αὐτῷ τἄμ’ ἑλεῖν βουλεύματα
γῆς ἐκβαλόντι, τήνδ’ ἐφῆκεν ἡμέραν
μεῖναί μ’, ἐν ᾗ τρεῖς τῶν ἐμῶν ἐχθρῶν νεκροὺς
θήσω, πατέρα τε καὶ κόρην πόσιν τ’ ἐμόν.

He is so stupid that, while he could have stopped my plans by exiling me, he has let me stay this one day.