OEDIPUS AT COLONUS
Antigone
Ah, woe is me! where shall I fly, where find
Succour from gods or men?
Chorus
What would’st thou, stranger?
Creon
I meddle not with him, but her who is mine.
Oedipus
O princes of the land!
Chorus
Sir, thou dost wrong.
Creon
Nay, right.
Chorus
How right?
Creon
I take but what is mine.
Oedipus
Help, Athens!
Chorus
What means this, sirrah? quick unhand her, 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, unhand the maid!
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