Eteoc. If the Gods grant it, he shall not 'scape harm.

[Exeunt Eteocles, Scout, and Captains

Strophe I

Chor. I fear her might who doth this whole house wreck,

The Goddess unlike Gods,

The prophetess of evil all too true,

The Erinnys of thy father's imprecations,

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Lest she fulfil the curse,

O'er-wrathful, frenzy-fraught,