By this alone will Hellas guess aright.
Much more indeed we might have else conjectured,
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Were there no voice to tell me on the spot.
Chor. Not false this speech of thine about our garb;
But shall I greet thee as a citizen,
Or bearing Hermes' rod, or city ruling?[[228]]
King. Nay, for that matter, answer thou and speak
Without alarm. Palæchthon's son am I,
Earth-born, the king of this Pelasgic land;