Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

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

  1. In truth? I order you to abide by you own decree, and from this day forth not to speak to these men or to me: you are the accursed defiler of this land.
Oedipus
  1. So brazen with your blustering taunt?
  2. Where do you think to escape to?
Teiresias
  1. I have escaped. There is strength in my truth.