From barley brewed.[[265]] [To the Suppliants.] But ye, and your attendants,

Take courage, go within the fencèd city,

Shut in behind its bulwark deep of towers;

Yea, many houses to the State belong,

And I a palace own not meanly built,

If ye prefer to live with many others

In ease and plenty: or if that suits better,

Ye may inhabit separate abodes.

Of these two offers that which pleases best

Choose for yourselves, and I as your protector,