Urging the wrath of Jove, which else provoked

Would fatten on our woes, and the twin wrong

To you the stranger, and to them the city,

Pollution at their gate, a fuel to feed

Ills without end. These words the Argive people

Answered with suffragating hands, nor waited

The herald’s call to register their votes:

Just eloquence ruled their willing ear, and Jove

Crowned their fair purpose with the perfect deed. [Exit.

Chorus.