Maidens we in sad procession;

For the woe to all is common,

And our State with voice uncertain,

Of the claims of Right and Justice;

Hither, thither, shifts its praises.

Semi-Chor. B. We will thus, our chief attending,

Speak, as speaks the State, our praises:

Of the claims of Right and Justice;[[135]]

For next those the Blessed Rulers,

And the strength of Zeus, he chiefly