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The Suppliants (603-615)

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That last were gain indeed; but if the carnage of battle, fighting, and
the noise of beaten breasts again be heard in the land, what, alas! will be said of me, who am the cause thereof?
608
2nd Half-Chorus
Yet may fate again bring low the brilliant victor; tis this brave thought that twines about my heart.
1st Half-Chorus
Thou speakst of the gods as if they were just.
2nd Half-Chorus
For who but they allot whateer betides?
1st Half-Chorus
I see many a contradiction in their dealings with men.
2nd Half-Chorus
The former fear hath warped thy judgment. Vengeance calls vengeance forth; slaughter calls for slaughter,
but the gods give respite from affliction, holding in their own hands each things allotted end.

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