ISM. And thou, having dealt death, didst perish.
ANT. With the spear thou didst slay.
ISM. By the spear thou didst fall.
ANT. Wretched in thy deeds!
ISM. Wretched in thy sufferings!
ANT. Let tears arise.
ISM. Let groans resound.
ANT. Having slain, he shall lie prostrate. Alas! alas! my soul is
maddening with sighs.
ISM. And my heart mourns within me.
ANT. Alas! thou that art worthy of all lamentation!
ISM. And thou again also utterly wretched.
ANT. By a friend didst thou fall.
ISM. And a friend didst thou slay.
ANT. Double horrors to tell of.
ISM. Double horrors to behold!
ANT. These horrors are near akin to such sorrows.
ISM. And we their sisters here are near to our brothers.
CH. Alas! thou Destiny, awarder of bitterness, wretched! and thou dread
shade of OEdipus! and dark Erinnys! verily art thou great in might.
ANT. Alas! alas! sufferings dismal to behold hath he shown to me after
his exile.
ANT. And he returned not when he had slain him.
ISM. No--but after being saved he lost his life.
ANT. In very truth he lost it.
ISM. Ay, and he cut off his brother.
ANT. Wretched family!
ISM. That hath endured wretchedness. Woes that are wretched and of one
name. Thoroughly steeped in three-fold sufferings.