Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

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

  1. Do not wish to be master in all things: the mastery which you did attain has not followed you through life.
Chorus
  1. Residents of our native Thebes, behold, this is Oedipus,
  2. who knew the renowned riddle, and was a most mighty man. What citizen did not gaze on his fortune with envy? See into what a stormy sea of troubles he has come! Therefore, while our eyes wait to see the final destined day, we must call no mortal happy until
  3. he has crossed life’s border free from pain.