GetPassage urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-eng4:224-231 urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-eng4:224-231

The sacrificer of his daughter — strange! —He dared become, to expediteWoman-avenging warfare, — anchors weighedWith such prelusive rite! Prayings and callings Father — naught they madeOf these, and of the virgin-age, —Captains heart-set on war to wage!His ministrants, vows done, the father bade —