Sophocles' OEDIPUS AT COLONUS Complete

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.

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Page 56

Creon: Which loses in this parley, I o'erthrown
By thee, or thou who overthrow'st thyself?

Oedipus: I shall be well contented if thy suit
Fails with these strangers, as it has with me.

Creon: Unhappy man, will years ne'er make thee wise?
Must thou live on to cast a slur on age?

Oedipus: Thou hast a glib tongue, but no honest man,
Methinks, can argue well on any side.

Creon: 'Tis one thing to speak much, another well.

Oedipus: Thy words, forsooth, are few and all well aimed!

Creon: Not for a man indeed with wits like thine.

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