AiKaviKo<i Aoiyo? iu Euripides. 35 



ants, persuaded them to meet and try to settle their dispute. 

 Polyneikes then enters the city, and the brothers state their 

 case in the presence of lokaste. 



'Pfjo-is OF Polyneikes, 469-496. 



1. ITpoo/yu-iOf, 469-472 : 



Truth is simple, and justice needs no cunning language, but 

 a false argument requires sophistic expedients.^ 



2. Ilpo^ecrt?, 473-493 : 



a. 473-483. To avoid the curse of Oidipous I voluntarily 

 left this land, after agreeing with Eteokles that we should 

 each rule a year in turn, and thus avoid enmity and blood- 

 shed.^ He has not kept his oath, but holds the sovereignty 

 and my share of the ruling power. 



/8. 484-493. Even now I am willing to dismiss the army 

 if I am granted my rights, and after ruling my allotted time 

 I will resign. If this be not granted, I shall try to gain it by 

 force of arms, and I call the gods to witness the justice of 

 my cause. 



3. n/o-ret? omitted. 



4. '£771X070?, 494-496 : 



TavT avd' eKacrra, ixrjrep, ov')(l 7repLTT\oKa<i 

 Xoycov d6poiaa<i elwov, aWa kol ao<pol<i 

 KoX TOL(Tc (f)ov\ot,<i evhij^ , &)? e'/ioi SoKel. 



'P'qo-is OF Eteokles, 499-525. 



1. Ilpool/itov, 499-502: 



el iraaL ravro koXov €(f)V (T0(f)6v 6' dfjia, 

 ouK rjv av afx<^i\eKro^ avOpcoTTOif: epi^ • 

 vvv 8' ov6^ ofjLOLOv ovSev ovT laov ^poTol<i, 

 TrXrjv ovo/xacriv, to 8' epyov ovk ecrrtv roSe. 



2. UpoOea-i^i omitted. 



1 This wpool/jiiop is quoted by Stobaeus, Flor. XI, 12. Compare the thought 

 with Hek. 1187-1194. 



2 Nauck rightly suspects v. 480. See Eur. Stud. I, p. 76. 



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