Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

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

  1. Damn you! Be silent once and for all!
Oedipus
  1. Do not rebuke him, old man. Your words need rebuking more than his.
Servant
  1. And in what way, most noble master, do I offend?
Oedipus
  1. In not telling of the boy about whom he asks.