Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

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

  1. It must not happen that, with such clues in my grasp, I fail to bring my birth to light.
Iocasta
  1. For the gods’ sake, if you have any care for your own life, do not continue this search! My anguish is enough.
Oedipus
  1. Be of good courage. Even if I should be found the son of a servile mother—a slave by three descents—you will not be proven baseborn.
Iocasta
  1. Hear me, I implore you: do not do this.