vv. 114–127
OEDIPUS, KING OF THEBES
Creon.
To ask God’s will in Delphi he had planned
His journey. Started and returned no more.
Oedipus.
And came there nothing back? No message, nor
None of his company, that ye might hear?
Creon.
They all were slain, save one man; blind with fear
He came, remembering naught—or almost naught.
Oedipus.
And what was that? One thing has often brought
Others, could we but catch one little clue.
Creon.
’Twas not one man, ’twas robbers—that he knew—
Who barred the road and slew him: a great band.
Oedipus.
Robbers? . . . What robber, save the work was planned
By treason here, would dare a risk so plain?
Creon.
So some men thought. But Laïus lay slain,
And none to avenge him in his evil day.
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