That no unlooked-for unprepared event
Beget new strife; of this we have enough.
ANTISTROPHE I.
Chorus.
Great Jove that allotteth their lot to all,
By his sentence of right shall clear thee,
Dread Themis that heareth the suppliants’ call,
No harm shall allow to come near thee.
Though I speak to the old with the voice of the young,
Do the will of the gods, and surely
Their favour to thee justly weighed shall belong,