Stasimon 3
[Choral]
than to make justice miscarry by an invidious exercise of power; for such a victory, though men think it sweet for the moment, grows barren in time and comes very near being a family reproach.
780
Chorus
This is the life I commend, this the life. I set before me as my ideal, to exercise no authority beyond what is right either in the marriage-chamber or in the state.
785
now am I sure that thou wert with the Lapithae, wielding thy famous spear, when they fought the Centaurs; and on Argo’s deck didst pass the cheerless strait beyond the sea-beat Symplegades
790
on her voyage of note; and when in days long gone the son of Zeus spread slaughter round Troy’s famous town,
795
thou too didst share his triumphant return to Europe.
800
