The second messenger enters.
Messenger
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Ah, woe is me! What story can I tell, what lament can I make?
Creon
We are lost; your opening words have no fair appearance.
Messenger
Ah, woe is me! I say again; for I am bringing great horrors.
Creon
In addition to the other sorrowful deeds. What is your tale?
Messenger
Your sister's sons are now no more, Creon.
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Euripides. The Complete Greek Drama, edited by Whitney J. Oates and Eugene O'Neill, Jr. in two volumes. 2. The Phoenissae, translated by E. P. Coleridge. New York. Random House. 1938.
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