Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

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

  1. Isthmian land, as it was said there.
Iocasta
  1. How then? Is the aged Polybus no longer in power?
Messenger
  1. No. For death holds him in the tomb.
Iocasta
  1. What do you mean? Is Polybus dead, old man?