Of course I did. It wasn't Zeus, not in the least, who made this proclamation, not to me. Nor did that Justice, dwelling with the gods beneath the earth, ordain such laws for men. Nor did I think your edict had such force that you, a mere mortal, could override the gods, the great unwritten, unshakable traditions. They are alive, not just today or yesterday: they live forever from the first of time, and no one knows when they first saw the light."