Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

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

  1. King, I have said it more than once—
  2. be sure that I would have proved myself a madman, bankrupt in sane counsel, if I forsook you—you, who gave a true course to my beloved country when it was
  3. distraught with troubles, and who now are likely to prove our prospering guide.
Iocasta
  1. In the name of the gods, tell me, king, the reason that you have conceived this steadfast wrath.