Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

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

  1. Go, some one, fetch me the herdsman.
  2. Leave this woman to glory in her princely stock.
Iocasta
  1. Alas, alas, miserable man—that word alone can I say to you—and no other word ever again.She rushes into the palace.
Chorus
  1. Why has this woman gone, Oedipus, rushing off in wild grief? I fear