What is it, son of Aegeus? Tell me; I myself know nothing of what you inquire.TheseusThey say a man—not from your city, yet of your race—has somehow thrown himself down, as a suppliant, at our altar of Poseidon, where I was sacrificing when I first set out here.OedipusWhat land does he come form? What does he desire by his supplication?TheseusI know one thing only: they tell me he asks to speak briefly with you, a thing of no great burden.OedipusOn what topic? That suppliant state is of no small account.TheseusHe asks, they say, no more than that he may confer with you,and return unharmed from his journey here.OedipusWho can he be that implores the god in this way?TheseusConsider whether there is anyone in your race at Argos, who might desire this favor from you.OedipusDearest friend, say no more!TheseusWhat is wrong?