Eumenides

Aeschylus

Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.

  1. And at his arrival, the people and Delphus, helmsman and lord of this land, made a great celebration for him. Zeus inspired his heart with prophetic skill and established him as the fourth prophet on this throne; but Loxias is the spokesman of Zeus, his father.
  2. These are the gods I place in the beginning of my prayer. And Pallas who stands before the temple[*](The shrine of Pallas before the temple, close to Delphi on the main road leading to the sanctuary of Apollo.) is honored in my words; and I worship the Nymphs where the Corycian[*](The Corycian cave, sacred to the Nymphs and Pan, has been identified with a grotto on the great plateau above Delphi.)rock is hollow, the delight of birds and haunt of gods. Bromius has held the region —I do not forget him—
  3. ever since he, as a god, led the Bacchantes in war, and contrived for Pentheus death as of a hunted hare. I call on the streams of Pleistus and the strength of Poseidon, and highest Zeus, the Fulfiller; and then I take my seat as prophetess upon my throne.