Antistrophe III
O all ye loving Powers,
Compass our State to save;
Show how that State ye love;
Think on our public votive offerings,
And as ye think, oh, help:
Be mindful ye, I pray,
Of all our city's rites of sacrifice.
Re-enter Eteocles
Eteoc. (to the Chorus) I ask you, O ye brood intolerable,