الآباء النبلاء تعاني سمعتهم الطيبة من أي فعل مشين قد يرتكبه الأبناء.

“O Dionysus, we feel you near,stirring like molten lavaunder the ravaged earth,f…”

“In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side.”

“Do we, holding that the gods exist, deceive ourselves with insubstantial dreams…”

“Try refusing the arrangement, or later petition for divorce -- the first is imp…”