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CREON
Burghers�察�my noble friends�察�ye take alarm
At my approach ��I read it in your eyes����
Fear nothing and refrain from angry words。
I come with no ill purpose�察�I am old��
And know the city whither I am come��
Without a peer amongst the powers of Greece。
It was by reason of my years that I
Was chosen to persuade your guest and bring
Him back to Thebes�察�not the delegate
Of one man�察�but commissioned by the State��
Since of all Thebans I have most bewailed��
Being his kinsman�察�his most grievous woes。
O listen to me�察�luckless Oedipus��
Come home� �The whole Cadmeian people claim
With right to have thee back�察�I most of all��
For most of all ��else were I vile indeed��
I mourn for thy misfortunes�察�seeing thee
An aged outcast�察�wandering on and on��
A beggar with one handmaid for thy stay。
Ah� �who had e'er imagined she could fall
To such a depth of misery as this��
To tend in penury thy stricken frame��
A virgin ripe for wedlock�察�but unwed��
A prey for any wanton ravisher��
Seems it not cruel this reproach I cast
On thee and on myself and all the race��
Aye�察�but an open shame cannot be hid。
Hide it�察�O hide it�察�Oedipus�察�thou canst。
O�察�by our fathers' gods�察�consent I pray��
Come back to Thebes�察�come to thy father's home��
Bid Athens�察�as is meet�察�a fond farewell��
Thebes thy old foster´mother claims thee first。
OEDIPUS
O front of brass�察�thy subtle tongue would twist
To thy advantage every plea of right
Why try thy arts on me�察�why spread again
Toils where 'twould gall me sorest to be snared��
In old days when by self´wrought woes distraught��
I yearned for exile as a glad release��
Thy will refused the favor then I craved。
But when my frenzied grief had spent its force��
And I was fain to taste the sweets of home��
Then thou wouldst thrust me from my country�察�then
These ties of kindred were by thee ignored��
And now again when thou behold'st this State
And all its kindly people welcome me��
Thou seek'st to part us�察�wrapping in soft words
Hard thoughts。 And yet what pleasure canst thou find
In forcing friendship on unwilling foes��
Suppose a man refused to grant some boon
When you importuned him�察�and afterwards
When you had got your heart's desire�察�consented��
Granting a grace from which all grace had fled��
Would not such favor seem an empty boon��
Yet such the boon thou profferest now to me��
Fair in appearance�察�but when tested false。
Yea�察�I will proved thee false�察�that these may hear��
Thou art come to take me�察�not to take me home��
But plant me on thy borders�察�that thy State
May so escape annoyance from this land。
_That_ thou shalt never gain�察�but _this_ instead
My ghost to haunt thy country without end��
And for my sons�察�this heritageno more
Just room to die in。 Have not I more skill
Than thou to draw the horoscope of Thebes��
Are not my teachers surer guides than thine
Great Phoebus and the sire of Phoebus�察�Zeus��
Thou art a messenger suborned�察�thy tongue
Is sharper than a sword's edge�察�yet thy speech
Will bring thee more defeats than victories。
Howbeit�察�I know I waste my wordsbegone��
And leave me here�察�whate'er may be my lot��
He lives not ill who lives withal content。
CREON
Which loses in this parley�察�I o'erthrown
By thee�察�or thou who overthrow'st thyself��
OEDIPUS
I shall be well contented if thy suit
Fails with these strangers�察�as it has with me。
CREON
Unhappy man�察�will years ne'er make thee wise��
Must thou live on to cast a slur on age��
OEDIPUS
Thou hast a glib tongue�察�but no honest man��
Methinks�察�can argue well on any side。
CREON
'Tis one thing to speak much�察�another well。
OEDIPUS
Thy words�察�forsooth�察�are few and all well aimed��
CREON
Not for a man indeed with wits like thine。
OEDIPUS
Depart� �I bid thee in these burghers' name��
And prowl no longer round me to blockade
My destined harbor。
CREON
I protest to these��
Not thee�察�and for thine answer to thy kin��
If e'er I take thee
OEDIPUS
Who against their will
Could take me��
CREON
Though untaken thou shalt smart。
OEDIPUS
What power hast thou to execute this threat��
CREON
One of thy daughters is already seized��
The other I will carry off anon。
OEDIPUS
Woe�察�woe��
CREON
This is but prelude to thy woes。
OEDIPUS
Hast thou my child��
CREON
And soon shall have the other。
OEDIPUS
Ho�察�friends� �ye will not surely play me false��
Chase this ungodly villain from your land。
CHORUS
Hence�察�stranger�察�hence avaunt� �Thou doest wrong
In this�察�and wrong in all that thou hast done。
CREON ��to his guards��
'Tis time by force to carry off the girl��
If she refuse of her free will to go。
ANTIGONE
Ah�察�woe is me� �where shall I fly�察�where find
Succor from gods or men��
CHORUS
What would'st thou�察�stranger��
CREON
I meddle not with him�察�but her who is mine。
OEDIPUS
O princes of the land��
CHORUS
Sir�察�thou dost wrong。
CREON
Nay�察�right。
CHORUS
How right��
CREON
I take but what is mine。
OEDIPUS
Help�察�Athens��
CHORUS
What means this�察�sirrah�拭�quick unhand her�察�or
We'll fight it out。
CREON
Back��
CHORUS
Not till thou forbear。
CREON
'Tis war with Thebes if I am touched or harmed。
OEDIPUS
Did I not warn thee��
CHORUS
Quick�察�unhand the maid��
CREON
Command your minions�察�I am not your slave。
CHORUS
Desist�察�I bid thee。
CREON ��to the guard��
And O bid thee march��
CHORUS
To the rescue�察�one and all��
Rally�察�neighbors to my call��
See�察�the foe is at the gate��
Rally to defend the State。
ANTIGONE
Ah�察�woe is me�察�they drag me hence�察�O friends。
OEDIPUS
Where art thou�察�daughter��
ANTIGONE
Haled along by force。
OEDIPUS
Thy hands�察�my child��
ANTIGONE
They will not let me�察�father。
CREON
Away with her��
OEDIPUS
Ah�察�woe is me�察�ah woe��
CREON
So those two crutches shall no longer serve thee
For further roaming。 Since it pleaseth thee
To triumph o'er thy country and thy friends
Who mandate�察�though a prince�察�I here discharge��
Enjoy thy triumph�察�soon or late thou'lt find
Thou art an enemy to thyself�察�both now
And in time past�察�when in despite of friends
Thou gav'st the rein to passion�察�still thy bane。
CHORUS
Hold there�察�sir stranger��
CREON
Hands off�察�have a care。
CHORUS
Restore the maidens�察�else thou goest not。
CREON
Then Thebes will take a dearer surety soon��
I will lay hands on more than these two maids。
CHORUS
What canst thou further��
CREON
Carry off this man。
CHORUS
Brave words��
CREON
And deeds forthwith shall make them good。
CHORUS
Unless perchance our sovereign intervene。
OEDIPUS
O shameless voice� �Would'st lay an hand on me��
CREON
Silence�察�I bid thee��
OEDIPUS
Goddesses�察�allow
Thy suppliant to utter yet one curse��
Wretch�察�now my eyes are gone thou hast torn away
The helpless maiden who was eyes to me��
For these to thee and all thy cursed race
May the great Sun�察�whose eye is everywhere��
Grant length of days and old age like to mine。
CREON
Listen�察�O men of Athens�察�mark ye this��
OEDIPUS
They mark us both and understand that I
Wronged by the deeds defend myself with words。
CREON
Nothing shall curb my will�察�though I be old
And single´handed�察�I will have this man。
OEDIPUS
O woe is me��
CHORUS
Thou art a bold man�察�stranger�察�if thou think'st
To execute thy purpose。
CREON
So I do。
CHORUS
Then shall I deem this State no more a State。
CREON
With a just quarrel weakness conquers might。
OEDIPUS
Ye hear his words��
CHORUS
Aye words�察�but not yet deeds��
Zeus knoweth��
CREON
Zeus may haply know�察�not thou。
CHORUS
Insolence��
CREON
Insolence that thou must bear。
CHORUS
Haste ye princes�察�sound the alarm��
Men of Athens�察�arm ye�察�arm��
Quickly to the rescue come
Ere the robbers get them home。
��Enter THESEUS��
THESEUS
Why this outcry�拭 �What is forward�拭�wherefore was I called away
From the altar of Poseidon�察�lord of your Colonus�拭 �Say��
On what errand have I hurried hither without stop or stay。
OEDIPUS
Dear friendthose accents tell me who thou art
Yon man but now hath done me a foul wrong。
THESEUS
What is this wrong and who hath wrought it�拭 �Speak。
OEDIPUS
Creon who stands before thee。 He it is
Hath robbed me of my all�察�my daughters twain。
THESEUS
What means this��
OEDIPUS
Thou hast heard my tale of wrongs。
THESEUS
Ho� �hasten to the altars�察�one of you。
Command my liegemen leave the sacrifice
And hurry�察�foot and horse�察�with rein unchecked��
To where the paths that packmen use diverge��
Lest the two maidens slip away�察�and I
Become a mockery to this my guest��
As one despoiled by force。 Quick�察�as I bid。
As for this stranger�察�had I let my rage��
Justly provoked�察�have play�察�he had not 'scaped
Scathless and uncorrected at my hands。
But now the laws to which himself appealed��
These and none others shall adjudicate。
Thou shalt not quit this land�察�till thou hast fetched
The maidens and produced them in my sight。
Thou hast offended both against myself
And thine own race and country。 Having come
Unto a State that champions right and asks
For every action warranty of law��
Thou hast set aside the custom of the land��
And like some freebooter art carrying off
What plunder pleases thee�察�as if forsooth
Thou thoughtest this a city without men��
Or manned by slaves�察�and me a thing of naught。
Yet not from Thebes this villainy was learnt��
Thebes is not wont to breed unrighteous sons��
Nor would she praise thee�察�if she learnt that thou
Wert robbing meaye and the gods to boot��
Haling by force their suppliants�察�poor maids。
Were I on Theban soil�察�to prosecute
The justest claim imaginable�察�I
Would never wrest by violence my own
Without sanction of your State or King��
I should behave as fits an outlander
Living amongst a foreign folk�察�bu
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