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just; but whoso hath good will to Thebes, he shall be honoured of me,210 in his life and in his death.
Ch. Such is thy pleasure, Creon, son of Menoeceus, touching this city's foe, and its friend; and thou hast power, I ween, to take what order thou wilt, both for the dead, and for all us who live.
Cr. See, then, that ye be guardians of the mandate.
Ch. Lay the burden of this task on some younger man.
Cr. Nay, watchers of the corpse have been found.
Ch. What, then, is this further charge that thou wouldst give?
Cr. That ye side not with the breakers of these commands.
Ch. No man is so foolish that he is enamoured of death.220
Cr. In sooth, that is the meed; yet lucre hath oft ruined men through their hopes.
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