Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

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

  1. touches me not in one point alone, but has the largest scope, if I am to be called a traitor in the city, a traitor by you and by my friends.
Chorus
  1. But perhaps this taunt came under the stress of anger, rather than from the purpose of his heart.
Creon
  1. Was the opinion given that my counsels had brought the seer to utter his falsehoods?
Chorus
  1. Such things were said—I do not know with what meaning.