Soph. Œdip. Tyr. 4.
Πόλις γὰρ, ὥσπερ καὐτὸς εἰσορᾷς, ἄγαν
Ἤδη σαλεύει, κᾴνακουφίσαι κάρα
Βυθῶν ἔτ’ οὐχ οἵα τε φοινίου σάλου.
Ib. 22.
“The whole city smokes, and is full of mournful pæans and lamentations. * * As thou thyself dost witness, the city is shaken with a mighty grief, nor can raise its head from the depths of the gory sea.”
“Till all was smouldering heaps of desolation, wo.”
Gern möcht’ er in tempeln beten,
Nur trümmer findet er mehr!