Hi, is this it? I copied & pasted it!
Let me know if not & i'll find it after lunch!
nadia
[ Enter Creon, from the central doors of the palace; with two attendants. ]
Creon Citizens. Our city has been shaken by a great storm, but
now the gods have set it right again. And by messengers I
have summoned you, out of all the citizens, to gather here,
apart. I've done this for two reasons. First, I know that you
always honored well the power of the throne of Laius.
And second, when Oedipus was guiding the city, and after
he died, you maintained his children with steady prudence.
And so, now that those two brothers, by a double fate,
have died in a single day, both striking and being struck,
each to each, each cursed with blood-guilt for slaying a
brother, I hold all power and the throne, since I am the
closest relation to those who are dead. For anyone who
rules a whole city, and doesn't listen to good advice, but
holds his tongue out of some fear, would seem to me, now
as always, to be the worst kind of leader. Nor would I ever
consider a man who was an enemy of our country to be a
friend of mine, since I know this: This city preserves us,
and we make friends only when we guide it correctly, like
a ship.
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And so I will improve the Great City of Thebes with
the following laws: Now, regarding the brothers, there are
the laws I have announced to the citizens regarding the
children of Oedipus. First of all, Eteocles, who died in the
service of this city, having served with his spear in all
worthiness, he is to be buried in a tomb and honored with
all the honors that should come to the most worthy of the
dead below.
But I say that Polyneices, who shared his blood, who
was an exile and returned, hoping to burn with fire, from
top to bottom, his fatherland and his family gods, wanting
to drink the blood he shared, and to lead us all into slavery
I have announced publicly that no one is to bury him in a
tomb, nor mourn him, but he is to be unburied, a
humiliated corpse to be eaten by birds and dogs.
Such is my thought, and the evil will never stand in
honor before the deserving. But I will honor anyone who
means well for the city, alive or dead, it makes no
difference.
