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Libation Bearers (819-831)

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And then at last with a loud voice we shall sing a song of the deliverance of our house,
the song that women raise when the wind sits fair, and not the shrill strain of those who mourn: The ship goes well. This grows to profit for me, for me, and calamity holds off from those I love.
827
Chorus
But may you with good courage, when the part of action comes, cry out loud the name Father when she exclaims Son,
and accomplish the baneful but irreproachable deed.
831
Chorus
Raise up Perseus spirit within my breast. And for those dear to you below the earth, and for those above, exact satisfaction for their dire wrath

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