Within these coasts I govern; and this plain,
The Apian land, itself has gained its name
Long since from one who as a healer lived;[[231]]
For Apis, coming from Naupactian land
That lies beyond the straits, Apollo's son,
Prophet and healer, frees this land of ours
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From man-destroying monsters, which the soil,
Polluted with the guilt of blood of old,
By anger of the Gods, brought forth,—fierce plagues,