Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

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

  1. Did he go with a small force, or like a chieftain, with many armed followers?
Iocasta
  1. Five they were in all—a herald among them—and there was one carriage which bore Laius.
Oedipus
  1. Alas! It is all clear now! Who gave you this information, lady?
Iocasta
  1. A servant, the only survivor who returned home.