CR. Zeus knows more things than thou.
OED. Is not this violence?
CR. Violence you must bear.
CH. Come, chieftain of our land!
Come hither with all speed. They pass the bound.
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Enter THESEUS.
THE. Wherefore that shouting? Daunted by what fear
Stayed ye me sacrificing to [the God]
Who guards this deme Colonos? Let me know
What cause so hastened my reluctant foot.
OED. Dear friend (I know thy voice addressing us),
One here hath lately done me cruel wrong.
THE. Who is the wrong-doer, say, and what the deed?
OED. This Creon, whom thou seest, hath torn away
Two children that were all in all to me.