I fear the house-destroying power; I fear
The goddess most ungodlike,[n39]
The all-truth-speaking seer
Of evil things, whose sleepless wrath doth nurse
Fulfilment of the frenzied father’s curse.
The time doth darkly lower;
This strife of brother’s blood with brother’s blood
Spurs the dread hour.
ANTISTROPHE I.
O son of Scythia, must we ask thine aid?