Of frightened cattle sound upon our ears:

It is the lowing of the altar fires,

It is the frightened muttering of the shrine!

Oedipus: What meaning have these monstrous signs? Declare;

And with no timid ears will I attend.385

For he who has the dregs of fortune drained

Fears nothing more.

Tiresias: The time will come to thee,

When these thy ills, for which thou seekest aid,

Will blessings seem.