When on a sudden, lo, a robber band
Fell on him with the sword and slew him there.
[Tiresias is seen approaching.]
But in the nick of time, by Phoebus roused,
Tiresias, agéd and with trembling limbs,
Hastes to our presence with what speed he may;
And, as his faithful comrade, Manto comes,290
Her sightless father leading by the hand.
[Enter Tiresias, led by his daughter Manto.]
Oedipus: O priest of heaven, thou next to Phoebus' self,