give up

It begins at the moment when the two sons of Oedipus, Eteocles and Polynices, who were supposed to take turns ruling Thebes one year at a time, fought each other to the death under the walls of the city, because Eteocles, the older one, had at the end of his first year of power refused to give up his place to his brother. 🔊

If you keep quiet, if you give up this crazy idea, I have a chance to save you, but it'll be gone five minutes from now. Do you understand that? 🔊

(He has put his head in his hands. You feel he's about to give up).

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