Hath my pious father slain

Many meadow-cropping kine,

To appease the wrath divine.

Where it lieth it shall lie,

Ancient Ilium: and I

On the ground, when all is past,

Soon my reeking heart shall cast.[n78]

ANTISTROPHE X.
Chorus.

Ah! the mighty god, wrath-laden,

He hath smote the burdened maiden