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Libation Bearers (805-815)

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May aged Murder cease begetting offspring in our house!
806
Chorus
And you who occupy the mighty, gorgeously built cavern,[*] grant that the mans house may lift up its eyes again in joy, and that with glad
eyes it may behold from under its veil of gloom the radiant light of freedom.
811
Chorus
May Maias son,[*] as he rightfully should, lend his aid, for no one can better sail a deed on a favoring course, when he would do so.[*]
But by his mysterious utterance he brings darkness over mens eyes by night, and by day he is no more clear at all.

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