Thus much I see: what more remains to guess
I spare; yourselves have tongues to speak the truth.
Chorus.
That we are strangers is most true; but whom
See we in thee? a citizen? a priest?
A temple warder with his sacred wand?
The ruler of the state?
King.
Speak with a fearless tongue, and plainly. I
Of old earth-born Palæcthon am the son,[n20]