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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Your people here would know that best.<br />
OEDIPUS<br />
Does anyone of you know this shepherd of whom he speaks<br />
Have you seen him here, or in the fields<br />
Tell me, it’s time everything is revealed. 1050<br />
CHORUS<br />
I think he is the same man<br />
that you asked to come here from the fields,<br />
but Jocasta would be the best one to tell you.<br />
Turning to JOCASTA.<br />
OEDIPUS<br />
You know the man we’ve sent for. Is this the same man<br />
JOCASTA<br />
Why ask about him Pay no attention.<br />
Forget what has been said.<br />
It’s worthless information.<br />
OEDIPUS, getting irritated<br />
Do you want me to cover up my birth,<br />
just when we’re getting so close<br />
JOCASTA<br />
I beg you, <strong>by</strong> the gods above, 1060<br />
if you care about your life,<br />
don’t try to find this out.<br />
It is enough that I’m sick over it.<br />
OEDIPUS<br />
Don’t worry.<br />
Even if I’m a slave,<br />
born of a slave mother,<br />
whose own mother <strong>and</strong> gr<strong>and</strong>mother were slaves,<br />
you are still noble.<br />
JOCASTA<br />
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