Ant. Alas! thou that art worthy of all lamentation!
Ism. And thou again also utterly wretched.
Ant. By a friend didst thou fall.
Ism. And a friend didst thou slay.
Ant. Double horrors to tell of.
Ism. Double horrors to behold!
Ant. These horrors are near akin to such sorrows.
Ism. And we their sisters here are near to our brothers.
Ch. Alas! thou Destiny, awarder of bitterness, wretched! and thou dread shade of Œdipus! and dark Erinnys! verily art thou great in might.