Chorus
[885] Alas, father; the help of the sacred images deludes me. Like a spider, he is carrying me seaward step by step—a nightmare, a black nightmare! Oh! Oh! [890] Mother Earth, mother Earth, avert his fearful cries! O father Zeus, son of Earth!
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