Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

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

  1. One thing—that you are not false—do not bother to explain to me.
Creon
  1. If you think that stubbornness
  2. without sense is a virtue, you are not wise.
Oedipus
  1. If you think you can wrong a kinsman and escape the penalty, you are not sane.