Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

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

  1. Yes indeed, for I have caught him, lady, working evil against my person with his wicked craft.
Creon
  1. May I derive no benefit,
  2. but perish accursed, if I have done any of the things of which you charge me.
Iocasta
  1. In the name of the gods, believe it, Oedipus, first for the sake of this awful oath to the gods, then for my sake and for the sake of those who stand before you.