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THE PHŒNICIAN MAIDENS.
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Old Servant.

Hither with joy to fill thee shall he come170
By truce.


Antigone.

But yon chief, ancient, who is he,
Car-borne, who sways the reins of horses white?


Old Servant.

The prophet Amphiaraus, Lady, is this.
With him are victims, Earth's blood-offerings.


Antigone.

O Daughter of Leto the Queen of the radiant zone,[1]
O Moon, thou golden-rounded gleam,
How calmly, how soberly ever he driveth on,
One after other goading his team!
And where is Kapaneus—he who hurls at Thebes180
Outrage of threats?


Old Servant.

There:—he counts up and down
The wall-stones, gauging our towers' scaling-height.


Antigone.

O Nemesis, O ye thunders rolling deep
Of Zeus, thou flaming light of his levin,
Overweening vaunts dost thou hush into endless sleep!
And is this the hero by whom shall be given

  1. According to MS. reading, "O Child of the Sun-god, the Lord of the radiant zone."