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

Oedipus.

Who thinks to slay his brother with a trick

And suffer not himself, his eyes are blind.

Creon.

Creon.

Thy words are more than just. But say what kind

Of wrong thou fanciest I have done thee. Speak.

Oedipus.

Oedipus.

Didst urge me, or didst urge me not, to seek

A counsel from that man of prophecies?

Creon.

Creon.

So judged I then, nor now judge otherwise.

Oedipus.

Oedipus.

[Suddenly seeing a mode of attack.

How many years have passed since Laïus ...

[The words seem to choke him.


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