Chor. Alas, alas! in vain
The many-weaponed and commingled host
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Went from the land of Asia to invade
The soil divine of Hellas.
Mess. Full of the dead, slain foully, are the coasts
Of Salamis, and all the neighbouring shore.
Antistrophe II
Chor. Alas, alas! sea-tossed
The bodies of our friends, and much disstained: