Then Pallas moved on Ulysses’ part,
And said, O Father Jove, the king of kings,
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Ægistus’ fate was fit for his desert,
So let them perish all that do such things.

Then the goddess, flashing-eyed Athena, answered him:
[45] “Father of us all, thou son of Cronos, high above all lords,
aye, verily that man lies low in a destruction that is his due;
so, too, may any other also be destroyed who does such deeds.