Sophocles' OEDIPUS AT COLONUS Complete

Translated by F. Storr. From the Loeb Library Edition, Originally published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and William Heinemann Ltd, London. First published in 1912.

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Page 92

Antigone: Turn back thy host to Argos with all speed,
And ruin not thyself and Thebes as well.

Polyneices: That cannot be. How could I lead again
An army that had seen their leader quail?

Antigone: But, brother, why shouldst thou be wroth again?
What profit from thy country's ruin comes?

Polyneices: 'Tis shame to live in exile, and shall I
The elder bear a younger brother's flouts?

Antigone: Wilt thou then bring to pass his prophecies
Who threatens mutual slaughter to you both?

Polyneices: Aye, so he wishes:--but I must not yield.

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