"What be these messengers who come fleet-footed
Between the images that guard our roadway,
Beneath the heavy shadow of the laurels—
Whence be these men, and wherefore have they come?"
"We come to crave the counsel of Apollo—
The men of Cymé he has counselled often—
Ask of the god an answer to our question,
Ask of Apollo here in Branchĭdæ.
"Pactyes the Lydian, flying from the Persian,
Has sought in Cymé refuge and protection;