To weather round the perilous promontory;

And for all time to come,

Wrecking on reefs of Vengeance bliss once high,

He dies unwept, unseen.

The scene changes to the Areopagos. Enter Athena, followed by Herald and twelve Athenian citizens

Athena. Cry out, O herald; the great host hold back;

Then let Tyrrhenian trumpet,[[513]] piercing heaven,

Filled with man's breath, to all that host send forth

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