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Kr. We are come to the far-bounding plain of earth,

To the Scythian way, to the unapproached solitude.

Hephaistus, orders must have thy attention,

Which the Father has enjoined on thee, this bold one

To the high-hanging rocks to bind

In indissoluble fetters of adamantine bonds.

For thy flower, the splendor of fire useful in all arts,

Stealing, he bestowed on mortals; and for such

A crime 't is fit he should give satisfaction to the gods;