Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

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

  1. She obtains from me all that she wishes.
Creon
  1. And do I not rank as a third peer of you two?
Oedipus
  1. It is just in this that you are seen to be a false friend.
Creon
  1. Not so, if you would reason with your heart as I do with mine. Weigh this first—whether you think that anyone would