Oedipus The King
Oedipus The King
Oedipus The King
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ŒDIPUS THE KING
OEDIPUS THE KING
BY
E. D. A. MORSHEAD , M. A.
LATE FELLOW OF NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD :
ASSISTANT MASTER OF WINCHESTER COLLEGE
London
MACMILLAN AND CO.
1885
KD28751
HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY
46*227
George Ridding .
Thrice-happy Sophocles, one said ; and on
Calmly he lived, calm to the grave did go.
Seeing, they saw thee not : thy soul had k
Nor bliss nor calm, save in their outward s
Thou sawest tides of human woe and pain
Swell round the rock where Age abides for
Tears of Electra sorrowing in vain
Dropped in thy sight upon Orestes' urn :
Foiled by the hate of man and wile of heav
Thy maddened warrior smote his soul away
Eta and Lemnos' cave, with anguish riven
Saw demigod and captive loathe the day.
And ah thy blind king's eyes, that longed
His woeful wedlock's fruit, Antigone !
ARGUMENT.
EDIPUS .
THE PRIEST OF ZEUS.
CREON.
TIRESIAS.
IOCASTA.
MESSENGER.
SERVANT OF LAIUS.
SECOND MESSENGER.
CHORUS OF OLD MEN OF THEBES.
Œdipus.
The Priest.
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The Priest.
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The Priest.
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CREON.
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CREON.
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Creon.
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8 EDIPUS THE KING.
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CREON.
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CREON.
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CREON.
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:
Creon.
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:
Went there no fellow-farer at his side ?
!
Creon.
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Creon .
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CREON.
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CREON.
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THE PRIEST .
CHORUS.
uttermost sea,
highlands go !
Thou too, brow-bound with gold, who
the light of our land,
Bacchus, aflush with wine, the joy of th
band,
Come thou with thy kindled torch, d
with the splendour of flame
The God whom the Gods abhor, the God
death in his name.
EDIPUS THE KING. 17
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Twas said he died by bandits of the way.
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Tiresias.
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;
I too am paramount ; not slave to thee
But Loxias' servant live I—never then
Shall I as Creon's client be recorded.
And mark me now—since thou hast sco
Œdipus .
Tiresias.
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TIRESIAS.
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CHORUS.
enmity breed,
That were proof well-approved to my r
:
sailing the lord of men's love,
In vengeance for Labdacus' race, on the
slayer thereof.
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Creon.
CHORUS.
CREON.
CHORUS.
CREON.
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Thine, the tr
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Ye Thebans,
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Creon.
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;
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I know.
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Say it forth.
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com both ?
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So that thy name thou holdest from that o
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It was, O king.
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EDIPUS.
HERDSMAN .
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So hard a mother ?
Herdsman.
By ill presag
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What presage ?
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Chorus.
O ye of mortal birth,
I deem your life on earth
dream, a shadow, yea, a thing of nought !
For what man winneth more
He it was, even he
That drew the bow of thought with match
Achieving fortune's crown—
The crook -clawed maid of riddling lo
down,
And against death stood up, a tower t
land.
Second Messenger.
Chorus.
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Second Messenger.
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EDIPUS.
gaze
With seeing eyes on Thebes ? it could not
Nay, were it possible to choke withal
The fount of hearing in mine ears, right fa
Had I been thus to cancel and close up
Each avenue of mine accursed frame,
And make me deaf as sightless : sweet it is
When inward senses dwell shut off from wo
Chorus.
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