Supplices

Aeschylus

Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.

  1. And may the joyless swarm of diseases settle far from the heads of the inhabitants, and to all the young people may Lyceus[*](The epithet Lyceus, often applied to Apollo, was commonly connected with the belief that he was the destroyer and protector of wolves (λύκοι). As a destructive power he is invoked to ward off enemies (Aesch. Seven 145); as an averter of evil he protects herds, flocks, and the young. According to Pausanias (Paus. 2.19.3) Danaus established a sanctuary in honor of Lyceus at Argos, where, in later times, the most famous of all Apollo’s temples was consecrated to him under the title of Wolf-god.)be graciously disposed.
Chorus
  1. May Zeus cause the earth to bring forth its tribute of fruit