But slighting.... I pass o'er the penalty[[463]]....

For none, aim as he will, such woes will hit.

And now ye see me, in what guise equipped,

[Putting on the suppliant's wreaths of wool, and

taking an olive branch in his hand

With this my bough and chaplet I will gain

Earth's central shrine, the home where Loxias dwells,

And the bright fire that is as deathless known,[[464]]

Seeking to 'scape this guilt of kindred blood;

And on no other hearth, so Loxias bade,