Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

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

  1. It is not my way to say idly what I do not mean.
Oedipus
  1. Then it is time to lead me away.
Creon
  1. Come, then, but let your children go.
Oedipus
  1. No, do not take them from me!