Poor breathing orators of miseries!
Let them have scope; though what they do in part
Help nothing else, yet they do ease the heart.”
Shakespere.
Ὦ θείη Σαλαμὶς. ἀπολεῖς δὲ σὺ τέκνα γυναικῶν.
Delphic Oracle.
PERSONS
Chorus of Persian Elders.
Atossa, Mother of Xerxes.
Messenger.