Ichneutae

Sophocles

Sophocles. Tracking Satyrs. Mahoney, Anne (Anne Elizabeth), translator.

  1. you will soon be crying.
Chorus
  1. Turn and twist the words however you want, to find a clever story. You won’t convince me that the sewn-together hides are any others than the ones from the stolen cows of Loxias[*](A title for Apollo). Don’t try to turn me aside.
[*](There are a couple of lines missing.)
Chorus
  1. Because Zeus ---
Cyllene
  1. The child is no thief.