Sophocles' OEDIPUS THE KING 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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99 Pages

Page 68

Messenger: I found thee in Cithaeron's wooded glens.

Oedipus: What led thee to explore those upland glades?

Messenger: My business was to tend the mountain flocks.

Oedipus: A vagrant shepherd journeying for hire?

Messenger: True, but thy savior in that hour, my son.

Oedipus: My savior? from what harm? what ailed me then?

Messenger: Those ankle joints are evidence enow.

Oedipus: Ah, why remind me of that ancient sore?

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