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And will a wife unseat him from his throne?

Aye, bear a son more mighty than the sire.

And has he no means to avert this fate?

None save through me, if I be free from bonds.

Who then shall free thee, Zeus not willing it?

'Tis fated that he shall be sprung from thee.

How sayest thou? Thou freed by a son of mine?

The third in line when ten descents have been.

This prophecy is past my solving now.

Neither seek longer to learn thine own woes.