The Soothsayer

Excerpt from The Soothsayer An Arcadian Plain [A laurel-grove. Between the slender branches, there appears a hilly greensward. At the left: a tent. At the right: a low altar, built up of stones, placed one upon another. Smoke rises in a column from the sacrificial offering half-burnt.] [Eurytus and Erigone, with a basket of flowers, are kneeling in front of the altar. About the Pub...