Counsels. Doubtless time will perfect happy fates for thee and thine.
Atossa.
Truly, with a friendly reading thou hast read my midnight dreams,
Words of strengthening solace speaking to my son and to my house.
May the gods all blessing perfect. I to them, as thou hast said,
And the Shades, the well-beloved, will perform befitting rites,
In the palace; meanwhile tell me this, for I would gladly know
Where, O friends, is famous Athens on the broad face of the Earth?[n10]
Chorus.
Far in the west: beside the setting of the lord of light the sun.