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But ye, my friends, o'er these libations poured

In honour of the dead, chant forth your hymns,

And call upon Dareios as a God:

While I will send unto the Gods below

These votive offerings which the earth shall drink.

[Goes to the tomb of Dareios in the centre

of the stage

Chor. O royal lady, honoured of the Persians,