Still unavenged, after so many crimes,

Thy brother's treacheries, and every law

Of nature set at naught, canst vent thy wrath

In vain and meaningless complaints? By now

The whole wide world should be astir with arms,180

Thy arms, and on both seas thy ships of war

Should swarm; the fields and town's should be ablaze,

And gleaming swords should everywhere be seen.

Beneath our charging squadrons' thundering tread

Let Greece resound; let this my enemy