this city victorious in the glorious contests of deadly war. Chorus I will accept a home with Pallas, and I will not dishonor a city which she, with Zeus the omnipotent and Ares, holds as a fortress of the gods, the bright ornament that guards the altars of the gods of Hellas . I pray for the city, with favorable prophecy, that the bright gleam of the sun may cause blessings that give happiness to life