2 6 James T. Lees, 



3. n/crTe/?, 503-520: 



a. 503-508. I would do all in my power to gain the great- 

 est gift of the gods, — sovereignty, — and I am unwilling to 

 resign it to another. 



^. 509-514. It is cowardly to lose the greater and accept 

 the less. I should feel ashamed, and the citizens of Thebes 

 would reproach me, if I should yield to my brother when he 

 has come in arms. 



7. 515-520. He ought to have offered to settle the ques- 

 tion by arbitration rather than enforce his claims by arms. 

 If he wishes to live here as a citizen he may do so, but I will 

 never consent^ to become his subject. 



4. '£771X0709, 521-525 : 



Therefore come fire, sword, and chariot, for I will not give 

 up my sovereignty. 



el'irep yap dSiKeiv XPV> Tvpavvi8o<i nrepi 

 KuXKiarov aSiKelv, raXXa 8' evae^elv '^peodv. 



Tfi<ris OF lOKASTE, 528-585. 



1. UpOOLfliOV, 528-530:^ 



& T€/cvov, ou-^ airavra tm yrjpa KaKa, 

 'Ereo'/cXee?, Trpoaecrriv • dXV 7']/u.7reLpia 

 e^6i Tt Xe^ai tmv vecov ao^corepov. 



2. Tlpodecris omitted. 



3. ULarea, 531-583: 



a. 531-548.^ (Addressed to Eteokles.) Why do you court 

 distinction, the greatest evil of the gods, which has destroyed 

 many homes and cities } It is far better to respect the law 

 of equality, which binds friends to friends, cities to cities, and 

 has established fair dealing among men. Even night and 

 day proceed in equal rounds, and neither one is envious of 

 the other. 



1 V. 519. Retain /jiedrjcrofiaL of the MSS. 



2 This wpooifxiou is also quoted by Stobaeus, Flor. XV, i. 



3 Cf. Dio Chrysost. XVII, p. 287. 



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