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Who then were mad but the Pallantids, though they had been mad enough before? And one shouted, "Shall we make room for an upstart, a pretender, who comes from we know not where?" And another, "If he be one, we are more than one; and the stronger can hold his own."
But Theseus, who was desirous of emulating the glory of Hercules, refused to go by sea, and after destroying various monsters who had been the terror of the country, arrived in safety at Athens. Here he was joyfully recognized by Ægeus, but with difficulty escaped destruction from Media and the Pallantids, the sons and grandsons of Pallas, the brother of Ægeus.
The Pallantids looked at him, and then at each other, and each whispered to the man next him, 'This is a forward fellow; he ought to be thrust out at the door. But each man's neighbour whispered in return, 'His shoulders are broad; will you rise and put him out? So they all sat still where they were.
"Then I am master as much as the rest of you," said Theseus, and he strode past the table up the hall, and looked around for AEgeus; but he was nowhere to be seen. The Pallantids looked at him, and then at each other; and each whispered to the man next him, "This is a forward fellow; he ought to be thrust out at the door."
Then the Pallantids saw him, and called to him, half-drunk with wine, 'Holla, tall stranger at the door, what is your will to-day? 'I come hither to ask for hospitality. 'Then take it, and welcome. You look like a hero and a bold warrior; and we like such to drink with us. 'I ask no hospitality of you; I ask it of AEgeus the king, the master of this house.
These dangers, however, he finally surmounted, and slew the Pallantids in battle. His next exploit was the destruction of the great Marathonian bull, which ravaged the neighboring country; and shortly after he resolved to deliver the Athenians from the tribute that they were obliged to pay to Minos, King of Crete.
She saw, too, how his heart was opened toward Theseus; and how Theseus bore himself before all the sons of Pallas, like a lion among a pack of curs. And she said to herself, "This youth will be master here; perhaps he is nearer to AEgeus already than mere fancy. At least the Pallantids will have no chance by the side of such as he."
Loud laughed the sons of Pallas, and fast went the wine-cup round; but Theseus frowned, and said under his breath, "No wonder that the land is full of robbers, while such as these bear rule." Then the Pallantids saw him, and called to him, half-drunk with wine, "Holla, tall stranger at the door, what is your will today?" "I come hither to ask for hospitality." "Then take it, and welcome.
Who, then, were mad but the Pallantids, though they had been mad enough before?
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