“And barren agonies of birth-/Life after life from the wildfire winging/Swiffly into the night.” The sufferings of the people are “beyond all telling.” There is no remedy for the curse which outstrips any invention of remedy. This indicates that war may soon begin and cause further destruction. The terrible cry of the fierce god of war rings in the ears of the people. Night’s agony grows into the tortured day. The people lie dead in the streets, and none is there to lament. The city reeks with the death in her death-bringing streets. The fertile soil of the land has become unproductive. According to the statement of the Chorus, the people are undergoing untold sufferings. From the song of the chorus we come to know about the plague that is now devastating the city of Thebes. The chorus representing the citizens of Thebes enter singing. Creon leaves when he has told the story of the murder of the late King Laius.
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