now if we can forestall him, you are saved, but if you are too late, we are ruined and you will die.MenoeceusWhere can I escape? To what city? To which of our guest-friends?CreonWhere you will be furthest removed from this land.MenoeceusIt is for you to name a place, for me to carry out your bidding.CreonAfter passing Delphi—MenoeceusWhere must I go, father?CreonTo Aetolia.MenoeceusAnd where must I go from there?CreonTo the land of Thesprotia.MenoeceusTo Dodona’s holy threshold?CreonYou understand.MenoeceusWhat protection will I find there?CreonThe god will send you on your way.MenoeceusHow shall I find the means?CreonI will supply you with money.MenoeceusA good plan of yours, father. Go now; for I will come to your sister, Jocasta, at whose breast I was suckled when bereft of my mother, a lonely orphan, ~~to give her greeting and then I will save my life~~.Come, come! be going; it isn’t your part to hinder me. Exit Creon.