Our oars, indeed, and our timbered ship, bound with yellow ropeUndergirding ropes (ὑποζώματα) to brace a ship’s sides. Cp. l. 441.
to withstand the sea, sped me on by help of favoring winds, unharmed by all tempests; nor have I reason for complaint. But may the all-seeing Fatherestablish a kindly issue in due time—
Chorus
That the mighty race of our honorable mother escape the embrace of man (ah me), unwedded, unvanquished.
ChorusAnd may Zeus’ pure daughter, she who holds securely the sacred wall, willingly, meeting my will, look upon me; and, grieved at our pursuit, come with all her might, a virgin to a virgin’s aid,to deliver me—
Chorus
That the mighty race of our honorable mother may escape the embrace of man (ah me), unwedded, unvanquished.
Chorus
Yet, if she will not, we, a dark,sun-burned race, with suppliant boughs will invoke the underworld Zeus, Zeus the great hostof the dead; for if the gods of Olympus hear us not, we will hang ourselves.
Chorus
Ah Zeus! On account of the poisonous hate of Io vengeance from the gods pursues us.The assets of public debtors and exiles were ascertained and secured at Athens by officers called μαστῆρες.I knowyour consort’s sky-conquering spite; for a stormy sea follows a harsh wind.
Chorus
And Zeus shall then be liable to the charge of injusticethat he hates the child of the heifer, the child whom he himself begat long ago, his very own, and now he holds his face averted from our prayers.May he from above hear our call!
Chorus
Ah Zeus! On account of the poisonous hate of Io vengeance from the gods pursues us. I knowyour consort’s sky-conquering spite; for a stormy sea follows a harsh wind.