Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

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

  1. Why, Oedipus, does this matter weigh upon your heart?
Oedipus
  1. Do not ask me yet. Tell me rather what stature Laius had, and how ripe his manhood was.
Iocasta
  1. He was tall—the silver just lightly strewn among his hair—and his form was not greatly unlike your own.
Oedipus
  1. Unhappy that I am! I think that I have