Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

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

  1. And was there none to tell? Was there no travelling companion who saw the deed, from whom tidings might have been gained, and used?
Creon
  1. All perished, save one who fled in fear, and he could tell with assurance only one thing of all that he saw.
Oedipus
  1. And what was that? One thing might hold the clue to many, if we could only get a small beginning for hope.
Creon
  1. He said that robbers fell upon them, not one man alone, but with a great force.