Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

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

  1. But there is, except not for you. You do not have that strength, since you are maimed in your ears, in your wit, and in your eyes.
Teiresias
  1. And you are a poor wretch to utter taunts that every man here will soon hurl at you.
Oedipus
  1. Night, endless night has you in her keeping, so that you can never hurt me,
  2. or any man that sees the light of the sun.