...ml1/strict"> Hold back, my child; for I have left the oracular tripod and crossed the threshold, I the priestess of Phoebus, who keep the ancient law of the tripod, chosen from all the women of Delphi . Welcome, you who are a dear mother to me, though not my parent. Then may I be called so; the name is not bitter to me. Have you heard that this woman was trying to kill me with her plots? ...