The powers who hold by might the sway. Thou hast withstood authority, A self-willed rebel, thou mu...
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CREON True, as unwisdom is the worst of ills. TEIRESIAS Thou art infected with that ill thyself. ...
The bridal chamber of the maid and Death, We sped, about to enter. But a guard Heard from that god...
400 BC PHILOCTETES by Sophocles translated by Thomas Francklin CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY ULYSSES, ...
Degenerate sons--these maidens did not so. Therefore my curse is stronger than thy "throne," Thy "...
To grant the suppliant their saving grace. So pray thyself or whoso pray for thee, In whispered ac...
So to be handed down from heir to heir. Thus shalt thou hold this land inviolate From the dread Dr...
THESEUS Wouldst tell the old misfortune of thy race? OEDIPUS No, that has grown a byword througho...
Thou hadst thy wish 'mid strangers thus to die, But I, ah me, not by. ISMENE Alas, my sister, wha...
Thebes thy old foster-mother claims thee first. OEDIPUS O front of brass, thy subtle tongue would ...
With obsequies that use and wont ordain, So gracing him among the dead below. But Polyneices, a di...
O woe is me! CHORUS Thou art a bold man, stranger, if thou think'st To execute thy purpose. CREO...
His father's city and his father's gods, And glut his vengeance with his kinsmen's blood, Or drag ...
Will stay my purpose to restore the maids. OEDIPUS Heaven bless thee, Theseus, for thy nobleness ...
Strangers, I have no country. O forbear-- CHORUS What is it, old man, that thou wouldst conceal? ...