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AESCHYLUS
Chorus.
Surely; and Zeus
By laying-on of hands raised up a son.
King.
Who then is he that boasts himself the calf
Zeus gendered on this cow?
Chorus.
Even Epaphus,
True title given from that divine caress.
King.
And Epaphus—had he issue?
Chorus.
He begat
Libya, the reaper of a third of earth,
Her amplest fields.
King.
What scion sprang from her?
Chorus.
My father's father, Bel, who had two sons.
King.
Tell me, I pray, thy sire's all-sapient name.
Chorus.
Danaus: he hath a brother who begot
Two score and ten sons.
King.
Prithee, indulge me further;
And let me hear by what name he is called?
