aeschylus - Conscious Evolution TV

Th. Nay, it is not lawful.
An. How sayest thou, king, lord of Athens?
Th. My children, he gave me charge that no one
should draw nigh unto that place, or greet with voice
the sacred tomb wherein he sleeps. And he said that,
while I duly kept that word, I should always hold
the land unharmed. These pledges, therefore, were
heard from my lips by the god, and by the all-seeing
Watcher of oaths, the servant of Zeus.
SOPHOCLES
An. Nay, then, if this is pleasing to the dead. with
this we must content us. But send us to Thebes the
ancient, if haply we may hinder the bloodshed that
is threatened to our brothers.
Th. So will I do; and if in aught beside I can profit
you, and pleasure the dead who hath lately gone
from us, I am bound to spare no pains.
Ch. Come, cease lamentation, lift it up no more;
for verily these things stand fast.