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AESCHYLUS

Danaus.

May he look
Graciously on us: if it pleases him,
All will be well. Call now upon this child
Of Zeus.


Chorus.

I call upon the radiant Sun,
The saving source of health, to heal our woes,
And pure Apollo once exiled from heaven;
God though he is, he knows this earthly lot,
And feels perhaps for frail mortality.


Danaus.

May he in very deed commiserate
And stand a ready helper by our side.


Chorus.

Which of these Gods shall I next invoke?


Danaus.

I see
The trident of the Isthmian King.


Danaus.

He gave
Fair passage to our vessel: welcome fair
May he accord on land.


Danaus.

And here is Hermes,
After the way the Hellenes fashion him.


Chorus.

Well met indeed: I pray that he may prove
A herald of glad tidings.