![]() ![]() ![]() He is a most hateful plague, afflicting the city because of him the house of Kadmos is emptied, while black 30 Hādēs is enriched with sobs and laments. And on whatever is produced 27 from women, which has become lifeless. 26 Yes, making things wilt, it has also descended on the herds of cattle grazing in the pastures. ![]() 25 Something that makes things wilt has descended on the buds containing the fruit of the land. 22 This is all because the city, as you yourself see, is very much 23 afflicted with a seastorm now, and it cannot lift its head 24 any longer out of the depths of the murderous churning of the sea. The rest of the people, wearing garlands, 20 are seated at the place of assembly, at the twin buildings of Athena, 21 temples, where Ismenos gives prophetic answers with his fiery ashes. 18 The priest of Zeus, that is who I am, while these others are from the ranks of young men, 19 specially selected. 14 Oedipus, ruler of my land, 15 you see the ages of those who are seated 16 at your altars: some, nestlings that cannot yet get very far 17 by flying, they don’t have the strength, while others are weighted down with age. ![]()
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