Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

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

  1. And had you bought me or found me by chance, when you gave me to him?
Messenger
  1. I found you in Cithaeron’s winding glens.
Oedipus
  1. And why were you roaming those regions?
Messenger
  1. I was in charge of mountain flocks.