[*]Now then advance ye; and the blaze of fire,

Let it go forth, that so this company

Stand forth propitious, henceforth and for aye,

In rearing race of noblest citizens,

Enter an array of women, young and old, in procession, leading the Erinnyes—now, as propitiated, the Eumenides or Gentle Ones—to their shrines

Chorus of Athenian women

Strophe I

Go to your home, ye great and jealous Ones,

Children of Night, and yet no children ye;[[546]]

With escort of good-will,