Give thee the worth in this high strife to judge.
Athena.
Now, stranger, ’tis thy part to speak. Whence come,
Thy lineage what, and what thy fortunes, say,
And then refute this charge against thee brought.
For well I note the sacredness about thee,
That marks the suppliant who atonement seeks,
In old Ixíon’s guise;[n35] and thou hast fled
For refuge, to my holy altar clinging.
Answer me this, and plainly tell thy tale.