The Chorus’s closing affirmation of the god as its champion extends and modifies the metaphorical reference to a struggle for power by shifting the context to a military confrontation in which the Chorus advocates reliance upon divine powers. While Athens has been assuming that Apollo has agreed to serve as champion for Sparta and its allies, the imagery of hasty flight from Delphi leading over a precipice suggests that Athens set aside hybris to undertake its own complete and thorough consultation of the god at Delphi.
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