sooner has he gone than Creon enters with an armed guard who seize

Antigone and carry her off (Ismene, the other sister, they have

already captured) and he is about to lay hands on Oedipus, when

Theseus, who has heard the tumult, hurries up and, upbraiding Creon

for his lawless act, threatens to detain him till he has shown where

the captives are and restored them. In the next scene Theseus returns

bringing with him the rescued maidens. He informs Oedipus that a

stranger who has taken sanctuary at the altar of Poseidon wishes to