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Suppliant Maidens (105-117)

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in what way it shoots up men in their wooing of us, sprouted from thoughts of evil intent,
having a frenzied purpose as its irresistible spur, and deluded, turning its thoughts to folly.
112
Chorus
Such piteous strains of woe I utter in my pain, now shrill, now deep, blended with falling tearsAlas, alas!
groans appropriate to funeral wails; though I live, I chant my own dirge.
117
Chorus
I invoke Apias hilly landfor well, O land, you understand my barbarous speech—,

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