Thou shalt know all that I can tell. The place
Around is holy, dread Posidon here
Is present, present here the lord of fire,
Titan Prometheus. What thou standest on
Is of this region hight the Brazen Way,
The prop of Athens, while these neighbouring fields
Boast of Colonus, that famed charioteer,
As their first settler; and their denizens
Are proud to bear their founder's sainted name.
Such claims to pious reverence hath this place,
Stranger, which they who dwell here feel the more.
OEDIPUS.
There are then people who inhabit it?
STRANGER.
Yes, people named after their patron god.
OEDIPUS.
Has it a king or do the commons rule?
STRANGER.
The King of yonder city is its lord.