Oedipus King of ThebesTranslated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes
Creon.

Creon.

Hunt the men out from Thebes, or make them bleed

Who slew. For blood it is that stirs to-day.

Oedipus.

Oedipus.

Who was the man they killed? Doth Phoebus say?

Creon.

Creon.

O King, there was of old King Laïus

In Thebes, ere thou didst come to pilot us.

Oedipus.

Oedipus.

I know: not that I ever saw his face.

Creon.

Creon.

'Twas he. And Loxias now bids us trace

And smite the unknown workers of his fall.

Oedipus.

Oedipus.


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