Parodos
[Choral 1]
Strangers, let me not suffer wrong
Oedipus
when I have trusted in you, and have passed from my refuge!
175
[Choral 2]
Never, old man, never will anyone remove you from your resting-place here against your will.
Chorus
Come still further.
Chorus
Lead him onward, maiden, for you hear us and obey.
180
Antigone
Come, follow this way with your dark steps, father, as I lead you.
Chorus
Stranger in a foreign land,
poor man, have the courage to detest what the city steadfastly holds as not dear, and to reverence what it holds dear!
185
Oedipus
Lead me, then, child, to a spot where I may speak and listen within piety’s domain,
and let us not wage war with necessity.
190
Chorus
There! Do not incline your steps beyond that ledge of bedrock.
Oedipus
Shall I sit down?
195
Chorus
Yes, move sideways, and crouch low on the edge of the rock.
195
