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Suppliant Maidens (395-405)

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Take Justice as your ally, and render judgment for the cause deemed righteous by the gods.
397
King
The judgment is not easydo not make me the judge. I have declared already that, though I am ruler, I will not do this thing without the consent of my people, lest hereafter,
if any evil befall, the people should say, You honored aliens and brought ruin upon your own land.
402
Chorus
Kindred to both in blood, Zeus surveys both sides alike in this dispute with an impartial scale, apportioning, as is due, to the wicked their wrongdoing and to the godly their works of righteousness.
When these things are thus equally balanced, why do you fear to act justly?

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