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a god-like hero whose race is sprung from gold.[*]
81
Chorus
With eyes flashing with the dark glare of a deadly dragon, attended by soldiers and mariners in great numbers, and speeding his Syrian chariot,
he leads against a people renowned for the spear a warlike host of archers.
87
Chorus
And there is no man skilled to withstand the mighty stream of men, and with strong barriers keep out the sea’s invincible surge;
for Persia’s host cannot be withstood, and her men are courageous.
93
Chorus
For by the will of the gods Fate has held sway
since ancient time, and has ordained for the Persians the pursuit of rampart-destroying war, the turmoil of fighting horsemen, and the storming of cities.
100
Chorus
And they have learned to look upon the precinct of the deep when the broad-wayed sea whitens to foam beneath the tempest’s blast, trusting in their finely wrought
cables and their devices which give passage to their army.
107
Chorus
Yet the insidious guile of god—what mortal man can escape it? Who with agile foot can lightly overleap
and escape its toils?
111
Chorus
For Delusion, with her fair appearance, lures men astray into her snares, from which it is not possible to escape without meeting with disaster.
115
Chorus
Therefore my heart is wrapped in gloom and is racked with fear for the Persian army lest the state learn that the mighty capital of Susa is empty of men.
120
Chorus
Fearful I am too that as bands of women cry aloud woe, the Cissian stronghold will raise a resounding shout responsive to the beating of breasts,
and that there will be a tearing of fine linen robes.
126
Chorus
For all the men-at-arms, those who urge on steeds and those who march along the plain, have left the city and gone forth, like bees in a swarm, together with the captain of the host.
They have crossed the headland, projecting into the sea and common to either continent, through which both shores are bridged.
133
Chorus
And marriage-beds are filled with tears through longing for husbands;

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