Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

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

  1. Oh, in the name of the gods, was the deed my mother’s or father’s? Speak!
Messenger
  1. I know not. He who gave you to me knows better of that than I.
Oedipus
  1. What, you got me from another? You did not find me yourself?
Messenger
  1. No. Another shepherd gave you to me.