Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

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

  1. you mourn and bear a double pain.
Oedipus
  1. Ah, friend, you still are steadfast in your care for me, and still have patience to tend to the blind man! Ah, me!
  2. Your presence is not hidden from me—no, blind though I am, nevertheless I know your voice full well.
Chorus
  1. Man of dread deeds, how could you quench your vision in this way? What divinity urged you on?