And they who dwell by the stream of Erasinos ancient.[[267]]
Semi-Chor. B. And ye, companions true,
Take up your strain of song.
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Let praise attend this city of Pelasgos;
Let us no more, no more adore the mouths of Neilos
With these our hymns of praise;
Antistrophe I
Semi-Chor. A. Nay, but the rivers here that pour calm streams through our country,[[268]]
Parents of many a son, making glad the soil of our meadows,