Righteous, and wise, and good, and reverent,
A mighty prophet, mingling with the godless
[*]And men full bold of speech in reason's spite,
Who take long march to reach a far-off city,[[113]]
If Zeus so will, shall be hurled down with them.
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And he, I trow, shall not draw nigh the gates,
Not through faint-heart or any vice of mood,
But well he knows this war shall bring his death,
If any fruit is found in Loxias' words;