Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

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

  1. Yes, I know him, be sure. He was in the service of Laius—trusty as any shepherd.
The herdsman is brought in.
Oedipus
  1. I ask you first, Corinthian stranger, if this is the man you mean.
Messenger
  1. He is, the one you are looking at.
Oedipus
  1. You, old man—look this way and answer all that I ask—were you once in the service of Laius?