Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

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

  1. Who taught you this? Not your skill, at any rate.
Teiresias
  1. You yourself. For you spurred me on to speak against my will.
Oedipus
  1. What did you say? Speak again, so I may learn it better.
Teiresias
  1. Did you not understand before, or are you talking to test me?