[Here commences the Funeral Wail over the dead bodies of Eteocles and Polynices with mournful music.
STROPHE I.
Semi-Chorus 1.
Alas! alas! the hapless pair.
To friendly voice and warning Fate
They stopped the ear: and now too late
Dear bought with blood their father’s wealth
In death they share.
Semi-Chorus 2.
Outstretched in death, and prostrate low
Them and their house the iron Woe