[Choral 3]
they can expect the coming of the nightly rite, which gives aid to tears and anguish!In this highly condensed passage, contrasted with the note of the misery of an enforced union is an undertone of the happiness of a marriage of love. ἀνδρός is at once man and husband, τέλος rite and consummation, ἐλπίς expectation of sorrow and joy.
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