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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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Oedipus: Merope, stranger, wife of Polybus.

Messenger: And what of her can cause you any fear?

Oedipus: A heaven-sent oracle of dread import.

Messenger: A mystery, or may a stranger hear it?

Oedipus: Aye, 'tis no secret. Loxias once foretold
That I should mate with mine own mother, and shed
With my own hands the blood of my own sire.
Hence Corinth was for many a year to me
A home distant; and I trove abroad,
But missed the sweetest sight, my parents' face.

Messenger: Was this the fear that exiled thee from home?

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