1 Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus Introduced and Translated by ...
1 Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus Introduced and Translated by ...
1 Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus Introduced and Translated by ...
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OEDIPUS<br />
All the same, I have to rule.<br />
CREON<br />
Not if you rule badly.<br />
O city, my city.<br />
OEDIPUS<br />
CREON<br />
It’s mine too, not yours alone. 630<br />
CHORUS<br />
Stop, I see Jocasta coming from the palace just in time.<br />
Now, with her help, you can settle your quarrel.<br />
Enter JOCASTA.<br />
JOCASTA<br />
You foolish men, what are you thinking of to quarrel like this<br />
Aren’t you ashamed to air your private differences,<br />
when the city needs you in its present crisis [Turning to OEDIPUS]<br />
<strong>Oedipus</strong>, please go inside, <strong>and</strong> you, Creon,<br />
go home, <strong>and</strong> don’t make a small problem into something big.<br />
CREON<br />
Sister, your husb<strong>and</strong> is threatening me with either death 640<br />
or exile.<br />
OEDIPUS<br />
That’s right. Because I found him plotting to destroy me.<br />
I swear, if I have done anything you accuse me of,<br />
<strong>by</strong> the gods, may I be cursed forever.<br />
CREON, delivered with conviction<br />
JOCASTA<br />
<strong>Oedipus</strong>, believe him. That is a powerful oath, <strong>and</strong> we all heard it:<br />
the gods, me, <strong>and</strong> these people here.<br />
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