OED. No more? May these dread Goddesses not close my lips To this one prayer of evil against thee, Thou villain, who, when I have lost mine eyes, Bereavest me of all that I had left To make my darkness light! Therefore I pray, For this thy wrongful act, may He in heaven Whose eye sees all things, Helios, give to thee Slowly to wither in an age like mine! CR. Men of this land, bear witness to his rage! OED. They see us both, and are aware that I Repay thee but with words for deeds of wrong. CR. No longer will I curb my wrath. Though lonely And cumbered by mine age, I will bear off This man! OED. Me miserable! CH. How bold thou art, If standing here thou think'st to do this thing! CR. I do. CH. Then Athens is to me no city. CR. Slight men prevail o'er strength in a just cause. OED. Hear ye his words? CH. He shall not make them good. Be witness, Zeus! CR. Zeus knows more things than thou. OED. Is not this violence? CR. Violence you must bear. CH. Come, chieftain of our land! Come hither with all speed. They pass the bound. _Enter_ THESEUS. THE. Wherefore that shouting? Daunted by what fear Stayed ye me sacrificing to the God[2] Who guards this deme Colonos? Let me know What cause so hastened my reluctant foot. OED. Dear friend (I know thy voice addressing us), One here hath lately done me cruel wrong. THE. Who is the wrong-doer, say, and what the deed? OED. This Creon, whom thou seest, hath torn away Two children that were all in all to me. THE. Can this be possible? OED. Thou hear'st the truth.