Eumenides

Aeschylus

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

  1. drag him before them; destruction, in silence and hateful wrath, levels him to the dust, for all his loud boasting.
Chorus
  1. May no hurtful wind blow to harm the trees—I declare my favor—
  2. and may no burning heat, stealing the buds from plants, pass the border of its proper place; may no deadly plague draw near to kill the fruit; may the earth nurture the thriving flocks