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The Suppliants (35-55)

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these childless mothers, hoary with age, and from reverence for the sacred fillets. To call Theseus hither is my herald to the city gone, that he may rid the land of that which grieveth them, or loose these my suppliant bonds,
with pious observance of the gods will; for such as are discreet amongst women should in all cases invoke the aid of men.
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Chorus
At thy knees I fall, aged dame, and my old lips beseech thee;
arise, rescue from the slain my childrens bodies, whose limbs, by death relaxed, are left a prey to savage mountain beasts,
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Chorus
beholding the bitter tears which spring to my eyes
and my old wrinkled skin torn by my hands; for what can I do else? who never laid out my children dead within my halls, nor now behold their tombs heaped up with earth.
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Chorus
Thou too, honoured lady, once a son didst bear,
crowning thy lords marriage with fond joy; then share, O share with me thy mothers feelings, in such measure as my sad heart grieves for my own dead sons;

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