Chor. Come then, handmaids of the palace,
When shall we with full-pitched voices
Show our feeling for Orestes?
O earth revered! thou height revered, too,
Of the mound piled o'er the body
Of our navy's kingly captain,
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Oh, hear us now; oh, come and help us;
For 'tis time for subtle Suasion[[442]]
To go with them to the conflict,