Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

Sophocles the plays and fragments, Part 1: The Oedipus Tyrannus. Jebb, Richard Claverhouse, Sir, translator. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1887.

  1. How so, old man? In the name of the gods, tell me.
Messenger
  1. If on account of this you are fleeing from returning home.
Oedipus
  1. Fearing indeed lest Apollo’s prophecy come true in me.
Messenger
  1. Lest you acquire some pollution from your parents?