Epeisodion 1
Oedipus
Daughters, do you hear these strangers who dwell nearby?
Antigone
We have listened. Tell us what to do.
Oedipus
I cannot make the trip; for I am disabled by lack of strength and lack of sight, twin evils. But let one of you two go and do these things. For I think that one soul suffices to pay this debt for ten thousand, if it comes with good will.
495
Act, then, with speed. But do not abandon me, for my body would not have the strength to move, without help or a guiding hand.
500
Ismene
Then I will go to perform the rite; but where I am to find the place—this I wish to learn.
Chorus
On the further side of this grove, stranger. And if you have need of anything, there is a guardian of the place. He will direct you.
505
Ismene
Off to my task. But you, Antigone, watch our father here. In the case of parents, if we toil, we must not keep a memory of it. Ismene exits.
