Help is waiting from above.
When dark night enveils the welkin,
And thick-mantled ruin gathers,
They enclasp us round with love.
Eteocles.
Leave sacrifice and oracles to men,
And ’gainst the imminent foe pray to the gods.
Women should hold their tongues, and keep their homes.
STROPHE III.
Chorus.
By the strength of gods the city