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AESCHYLUS
vv. 715–730

Leader.

And what wouldst thou with blood, having therein
No place? Henceforth thine altars are unclean!


Apollo.

Did Zeus, then, sin, who bowed his head to spare
Blood-red Ixîon for his burning prayer?


Leader.

Thou speakest: but my Law, if it be broke,
Shall come again in wrath to haunt this folk.


Apollo.

Thou hast no honour more 'mid things divine,
Or old or new: the victory shall be mine.


Leader.

So in Admêtus' House thou didst betray
The Fates, to make man deathless past his day.


Apollo.

Shall not a god regard his worshipper
Then chiefliest, when in peril and in prayer?


Leader.

The ancient boundaries thou didst desecrate,
Thou mad'st a drunkard of Eternal Fate!


Apollo.

True Justice thou canst know not. Thou shalt spue
Thy venom forth, and none give heed thereto.

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