Doth live in fear of those who fear his power;
For terror ever doth return to him
Who doth inspire it.
Oedipus [to attendants]: Hence, away with him;
Deep in some rocky dungeon let him stay,
While I unto the palace take my way.
[Creon is led away by the attendants, while Oedipus retires into the palace.]
Chorus: Not thou the cause of these our ills;
And not on thy account hath fate
Attacked the house of Labdacus;710