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In robes and raiment of barbaric fashion

So gorgeously attired, whom now we speak to?

This woman's dress is not of Argive mode,

Nor from the climes of Hellas. How ye dared,

Without a herald even or protector,

Yea, and devoid of guides too, to come hither

Thus boldly, is to me most wonderful.

And yet these boughs, as is the suppliant's wont,

Are set by you before the Gods of conflicts: