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AESCHYLUS
Danaus.
May he look
Graciously on us: if it pleases him,
All will be well. Call now upon this child
Of Zeus.
Chorus.
I call upon the radiant Sun,
The saving source of health, to heal our woes,
And pure Apollo once exiled from heaven;
God though he is, he knows this earthly lot,
And feels perhaps for frail mortality.
Danaus.
May he in very deed commiserate
And stand a ready helper by our side.
Chorus.
Which of these Gods shall I next invoke?
Danaus.
I see
The trident of the Isthmian King.
Danaus.
He gave
Fair passage to our vessel: welcome fair
May he accord on land.
Danaus.
And here is Hermes,
After the way the Hellenes fashion him.
Chorus.
Well met indeed: I pray that he may prove
A herald of glad tidings.
