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402 Sophocles [1033-1050]<br />

OEDIPUS<br />

Ah me, why dost thou speak of that old trouble?<br />

MESSENGER<br />

I freed thee when thou hadst thine ankles pinned together.<br />

OEDIPUS<br />

Aye, 'twas a dread brand of shame that I took from my cradle.<br />

MESSENGER<br />

Such, that from that fortune thou wast called by the name which still<br />

is thine.<br />

OEDIPUS<br />

Oh, for the gods' love—was the deed my mother's or father's? Speak!<br />

MESSENGER<br />

I know not; he who gave thee to me wots better of that than I.<br />

OEDIPUS<br />

What, thou hadst me from another? Thou didst not light on me thyself?<br />

MESSENGER<br />

No: another shepherd gave thee up to me.<br />

OEDIPUS<br />

Who was he? Art thou in case to tell clearly?<br />

MESSENGER<br />

I think he was called one of the household of Laius.<br />

OEDIPUS<br />

The king who ruled this country long ago?<br />

MESSENGER<br />

The same: 'twas in his service that the man was a herd.<br />

OEDIPUS<br />

Is he still alive, that I might see him?<br />

MESSENGER<br />

Nay, ye folk of the country should know best.<br />

OEDIPUS<br />

Is there any of you here present that knows the herd of whom he speaks<br />

—that hath seen him in the pastures or the town? Answer! The hour hath<br />

come that these things should be finally revealed.

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