kinfolk alone should see and hear a kinsman’s woes.OedipusFor the gods’ love—since you have done a gentle violence to my prediction and come in a spirit so noble to me, a man most vile—grant me a favor: I will speak for your own good, not mine.CreonAnd what do you wish so eagerly to get from me?OedipusCast me out of this land with all speed, to a place where no mortal shall be found to greet me.