<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:py="http://codespeak.net/lxml/objectify/pytype" py:pytype="TREE"><text xml:lang="eng"><body><div type="translation" n="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-eng2" xml:lang="eng"><div type="textpart" subtype="episode"><sp><l n="879">Then I think this city no longer exists.</l></sp><sp><speaker>Creon</speaker><l n="880">For  men who are just, you see, the weak vanquishes the strong.</l></sp><sp><speaker>Oedipus</speaker><l n="881" part="I">Do you hear his words?</l></sp><sp><speaker>Chorus</speaker><l n="881a" part="F">Yes, but he will not achieve them.</l></sp><sp><speaker>Creon</speaker><l n="882a" part="F">Zeus knows perhaps, but you do not.</l></sp><sp><speaker>Chorus</speaker><l n="883" part="I">This is an outrage!</l></sp><sp><speaker>Creon</speaker><l n="883a" part="F">An outrage which you must bear.</l></sp><sp><speaker>Chorus</speaker><l n="884">Hear people, hear rulers of the land! Come quickly, come!</l><l n="885">These men are on their way to cross our borders!</l></sp><stage rend="italic">Enter Theseus.</stage><sp><speaker>Theseus</speaker><l n="887">What is this shout? What is the trouble? What fear has moved you to stop my sacrifice at the altar to the sea-god, the lord of your <placeName key="perseus,Colonus">Colonus</placeName>? Speak, so that I may know the situation; for that is why I have sped</l><l n="890">here more swiftly than was pleasant.</l></sp></div></div></body></text></TEI>