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The Suppliants (975-1009)

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and songs, but not such as golden-haired Apollo welcometh; and when I wake to weep, my tears will ever drench the folds of my robe upon my bosom.
980
Chorus
Ah! there I see the sepulchre ready een now for Capaneus, his consecrated tomb, and the votive offerings Theseus gives unto the dead outside the shrine, and nigh yon lightning-smitten chief
I see his noble bride, Evadne, daughter of King Iphis. Wherefore stands she on the towering rock, which oertops this temple, advancing along yon path?
990
Evadne
What light, what radiancy did the sun-gods car dart forth, and the moon athwart the firmament, while round her in the gloom swift stars[*] careered,
in the day that the city of Argos raised the stately chant of joy at my wedding, in honour of my marriage with mail-clad Capaneus?
Now from my home in frantic haste with frenzied mind I rush to join thee, seeking to share with thee the fires bright flame and the self-same tomb, to rid me of my weary
life in Hades halls, and of the pains of existence; yea, for tis the sweetest end to share the death of those we love, if only fate will sanction it.
1009
Chorus
Behold yon pyre, which thou art overlooking, nigh thereto,

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