Kleopatra enters Althaea's sitting room. She is obviously upset.
Kleopatra: Oh, mother! I cannot believe my eyes!
Your son, my husband, has slain his kin.
Your brother lies dead, and my brother lies dead!
To live to see the day when such a thing
My mother I know not how to face him.
How can I live, my daughter live
With such a monster, our lord, her father
Who willingly did slay for love of she
The wild, unwomanly Atalanta
Althaea( aside): No! It cannot be true! What lies are these?
And yet, I felt that some dark cloud loomed near
It seemed to me the howling wind brought woe
Alas! My brother, my baby, kin-killed
Meleager you are no more called my son
Althaea (to Kleopatra): daughter, fetch Europinditis hither
I must have speech with my son's favored servant.
Kleopatra: Mother, I go.
Exit Kleopatra
Althaea: My heart has died, my hatred overflowing.
Oh Fates, you once foretold my son's end.
Well, now, I pray that I may have the strength
To bring the prophecy to pass, and use
My son;s most loyal friend to seal his doom.
May the gods forgive my traitorous act!
A moment of silence, while Althaea steels herself
Enter Euriponditis
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