Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

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

  1. What, you were a shepherd—a vagrant hireling?
Messenger
  1. But your savior, my son, in that hour.
Oedipus
  1. And what was my pain when you took me in your arms?
Messenger
  1. The ankles of your feet might bear witness.