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But we this dead Eteocles,

As Justice wills and Right decrees,

Will bear unto his grave!

For—under those enthroned on high

And Zeus' eternal royalty—

He unto us salvation gave!

He saved us from a foreign yoke,—

A wild assault of outland folk,

A savage, alien wave!

[Exeunt.