True, if she had a share in the matter from the beginning.
 Chorus Show reverence for the ship of state thus crowned. The gods, whose statues have been wreathed with the suppliants’ branches, are regarded as the pilots who direct the ship of state. Possibly there is also a reference to the custom of crowning a vessel’s stern with flowers. 
 King 
 I shrink as I gaze upon these shaded shrines.
 Chorus 
 Yet heavy is the wrath of Zeus, god of the suppliant.
 Son of Palaechthon, lord of the Pelasgians, hear me with a benign heart.