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252 Hath she begun yon strangers' sacrifice?

Are they ablaze with fire in the holy shrine?

Here is she, king, to tell thee clearly all.

Why bear'st thou in thine arms, Agamemnon's child,

From its inviolate base the Goddess' statue?

King, stay thy foot there in the portico!

What marvel hath befallen in the fane?

Avaunt, pollution, in religion's name!

What strange thing dost thou preface? Plainly tell.

Unclean I found thy captured victims, king.

What proof hast thou?—or speak'st thou but thy thought?

Back from its place the Goddess' statue turned.