Enter Chorus in procession. March time.

Chorus.

Nine years have rolled, the tenth is rolling,

Since the strong Atridan pair,

Menelaus and Agamemnon,

Sceptred kings by Jove’s high grace,[n6]

With a host of sworn alliance,

With a thousand triremes rare,

With a righteous strong defiance,

Sailed for Troy. From furious breast