Agamemnon
Think to what kind of man thou showest grace.
Odysseus
My foe he was, but still a noble foe.
Agamemnon
What wouldst thou? Honour a dead foeman’s corpse?
Odysseus
With me his worth outweighs his enmity.
Agamemnon
Such sudden change of mind we call caprice.
Odysseus
Common enough the change from friend to foe.
Agamemnon
Dost thou commend such fickle friends as these?
Odysseus
A stubborn temper I would ne’er commend.
Agamemnon
Thou mind’st this day to make us seem as cowards.
Odysseus
Nay, as just rulers in the eyes of Greece.
Agamemnon
Thou bidst me then permit the burial?
Odysseus
Yes, for I too shall come to need the same.