Translated by F. Storr. From the Loeb Library Edition, Originally published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and William Heinemann Ltd, London. First published in 1912.
Oedipus:
Hear ye, my daughters, what these strangers say?
Antigone:
We listened, and attend thy bidding, father.
Oedipus:
I cannot go, disabled as I am
Doubly, by lack of strength and lack of sight;
But one of you may do it in my stead;
For one, I trow, may pay the sacrifice
Of thousands, if his heart be leal and true.
So to your work with speed, but leave me not
Untended; for this frame is all too week
To move without the help of guiding hand.
Ismene:
Then I will go perform these rites, but where
To find the spot, this have I yet to learn.
Chorus:
Beyond this grove; if thou hast need of aught,
The guardian of the close will lend his aid.
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