Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

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

  1. Say as much as you want: it will be said in vain.
Teiresias
  1. I say that you have been living in unguessed shame with your closest kin, and do not see into what woe you have fallen.
Oedipus
  1. Do you think that you will always be able to speak like this without smarting for it?
Teiresias
  1. Yes, if indeed there is any strength in truth.