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THE SUPPLIANT MAIDENS.
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Chorus.
Ay, and that Hera that embrace surmised.
The King of Argos.
How issued then this strife of those on high?
Chorus.
By Hera's will, a heifer she became.
The King of Argos.
Held Zeus aloof then from the hornèd beast?
Chorus.
'Tis said, he loved, in semblance of a bull
The King of Argos.
And his stern consort, did she aught thereon?
Chorus.
One myriad-eyed she set, the heifer's guard.
The King of Argos.
How namest thou this herdsman many-eyed?
Chorus.
Argus, the child of Earth, whom Hermes slew.
The King of Argos.
Still did the goddess vex the beast ill-starred?
