Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

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

  1. Prevent, prevent, you pure and awful gods, me from ever seeing that day! No, may I be swept away from all men, before I see myself visited with that brand of doom.
Chorus
  1. To us, king, these things are fraught with fear. Yet have hope, until at least you have gained full knowledge
  2. from the one who saw the deed.
Oedipus
  1. I have, in truth, this much hope alone: I await the man summoned from the pastures.