Come, Pylades, and let us stand aside,

That I may clearly learn what means this train

Of women offering prayers.

20

Strophe I

Chor. Sent from the house I come,

With quick, sharp beatings of the hands in grief,

To pour libations here;

[*]And see, my cheeks with bloody marks are tracked,[[403]]

The new-cut furrows which my nails have made,