f woe
But may the good prevail! {120}

_Antistrophe: the same rhythm line for line as the Strophe, but the
evolutions taking Left Hand direction._

and the Prophet Calchas interpreted; they shall lay Troy low, only beware
lest the Victors suffer from the wrath of some God, Artemis who hates the
eagle:

Sing a strain of woe,
But may the good prevail! {137}

_Epode: a different rhythm, and the evolutions without any special
direction._

May some Healer, Calchas added, avert her wrath, lest she send delays
upon the impatient host and irritate them to some dread deed, some
sacrifice of children to haunt the house for ever! So he prophesied in
piercing strains.

Sing a strain of woe,
But may the good prevail {154}

ENTRY-ODE

_With a change of rhythm, the Chorus pass into their first regular Choral
Ode; Strophes and Antistrophes as in the Prelude, but the Evolutions now
leading them from the central Altar to the extreme Right and Left of the
Orchestra._

_Strophe I: Evolutions leading Chorus from Thymele to extreme Right of
Orchestra._

It must be Zeus--no other God will suffice--Zeus alone who shall lift
from my[2] mind this cloud of anxiety;

_Antistrophe I: Evolutions the same, rhythm for rhythm, as the Strophe,
but leading the Chorus back from the Right of Orchestra to the central
Altar._

For on Zeus, before whom all the elder Gods gave way, they must rely who
are bent on getting all the wisdom of the wise. {168}

_Strophe II: a change of rhythm: evolutions leading Chorus from the
central Altar to the extreme Left of Orchestra._

Yes: Zeus leads men to wisdom by his fixed law that pain is gain; by
instilling secret care in the heart, it may be in sleep, he forces the
unwilling to yield to wiser thoughts: no doubt this anxiety is a gift of
the Gods, whose might is irresistible. {176}

_Antistrophe II: same rhythm, but evolutions leading back from Left of
Orchestra to central Altar._

When Agamemnon, not repining, but tempering himself to the fate which
smote him, waited amidst adverse winds and failing stores: {184}

_Strophe III: fresh change of rhythm, Chorus moving to Right of
Orchestra._

and the contrary winds kept sweeping down from the Strymon, and the host
was being worn out with delays, and the prophet began to speak of 'one
more charm against the wrath of Artemis, though a bitter one to the
Chiefs,' {195}

_Antistrophe III: