Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

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

  1. Laius, my lord, was the leader of our land before you assumed control of this state.
Oedipus
  1. I know it well—by hearsay, for I never saw him.
Creon
  1. He was slain, and the god now bids us to take vengeance on his murderers, whoever they are.
Oedipus
  1. Where on earth are they? Where shall the dim track of this old crime be found?