That shall be worthy of my marriage bed.
Give deadly weapons to my mother's hand—
But do not seek to drag me from these woods.
Here will I hide within the rocky caves,
Or hedge myself about with thickets dense.360
Here will I catch at warlike rumor rife
And hear what news I may of brothers' strife.
ACT III
[It is possible that the following fragments belong to still another play. The presence of Antigone in Thebes, notwithstanding her resolve to remain with her father, would strengthen this view.]
Jocasta: Oh, fortunate Agave! for she bore,