[*]What warrior strong of spear

Shall come the house to free,

Or Ares with his Skythian bow[[411]] in hand,

Shaking its pliant strength in deeds of war,

[*]Or guiding in encounter closer yet

The weapons made with hilts?

[During the choral ode Electra, after going to the

mound, and pouring the libations on it, returns

holding in her hands the lock of hair which

Orestes had left there