His heavenly supplicants to hear the prayer

Of Inachus his servant; let him hear.

O let him turn away now lest he hear.

Nay, frown not on me; though a woman’s voice

That counsels is but heard impatiently,

Yet by thy love, and by the sons I bare thee,

By this our daughter, our last ripening fruit, 900

By our long happiness and hope of more,

Hear me and let me speak.

In. Well, wife, speak on.