But for his brother's, Polyneikes' corpse,
To cast it out unburied, prey for dogs,
As working havoc on Cadmeian land,
Unless some God had hindered by the spear
Of this our prince;[[132]] and he, though, dead, shall gain
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The curse of all his father's Gods, whom he
[Pointing to Polyneikes
With alien host dishonouring, sought to take
Our city. Him by ravenous birds interred