And Thou who curb'st the steed,
Great King of Ocean's waves,
Poseidon, with thy trident fish-spear armed,[[80]]
Give respite from our troubles, respite give!
And Thou, O Ares, guard the town that takes
Its name from Cadmos old,[[81]]
Watch o'er it visibly.
Antistrophe I
And thou, O Kypris, of our race the mother,
Ward off these ills, for we are thine by blood: