Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

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

  1. I do.
Oedipus
  1. Tell me, then, what you mean.
Chorus
  1. That you should never use an unproved rumor to cast a dishonoring charge on the friend who has bound himself with a curse.
Oedipus
  1. Then be quite aware that when you seek this you are seeking death or exile from this land for me.