Chorus
O dread goddess,
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thine the soil whereon we stand, thine this city, for thou art its mother, queen, and saviour; wherefore turn some other way the impious king, who leadeth a host
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from Argos with brandished lance against this land; for, such my worth, I little merit exile from my home.
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Heracleidae. Euripides. Edward P. Coleridge (Translator). London. 1906.
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