O ye powers that are honoured among the dead, listen to my prayer.—E. P., Oxon.
Höret ihr Herrscher der Tiefe, hört mich.—Droy.
Höret mich Erd, und des Abgrund’s mächte!—Fr.
Neither this “Earth,” nor my “Furies,” can be looked on as part of the text. They are only put in to fill up a gap, where nothing better can be done.
“And if blithe confidence awhile.”
This passage is desperate. I follow Peile in the translation; though, if I were editing the Greek, I should prefer to follow Well. and Pal. in doing nothing.
“The mother gave her child
This wolfish nature wild.”