Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

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

  1. Indeed the troubles which we knew before are far from being easy to bear. Besides them, what do you have to announce?
Second Messenger
  1. This is the shortest tale to tell and hear:
  2. our royal lady Iocasta is dead.
Chorus
  1. Alas, wretched lady! From what cause?