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What more fertile plain will you find in place of ours, [305] if you abandon to the enemy this deep-soiled land and the water of Dirce which is the most nourishing of the streams that earth-encircling Poseidon [310] and Tethys' children pour forth? Therefore, divine guardians of the city, hurl murderous destruction on the men outside our walls [315] and panic that makes them throw away their weapons, and so win glory for these citizens. Defend the city and remain in possession of your home and throne [320] in answer to our shrill, wailing prayers!
Aeschylus. Aeschylus, with an English translation by Herbert Weir Smyth, Ph. D. in two volumes. 1. Seven Against Thebes. Herbert Weir Smyth, Ph. D. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1926.
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