On Libyan plains beside Tritonian pools,[n26]

Thy natal flood, with forward foot firm planted,

Erect, or with decorous stole high-seated,[n27]

Thy friends thou aidest, or with practised eye

The ordered battle on Phlegrean fields

Thou musterest[n28]—come!—for gods can hear from far—

And from these woes complete deliverance send!

Chorus.

Not all Apollo’s, all Athena’s power

Shall aid thee. Thou, of gods and men forsook,