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Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus (ed. Sir Richard Jebb), line 337 (search)
hem—thrice-deluded!—to grasp at rule and the power of a tyrant. And the younger son has stripped the elder, Polyneices, of the throne,and has driven him from his fatherland. But he, as the widespread rumor says among us, has gone to the valley of Argos as an exile, and is taking to himself a new marriage connection, and warriors for his friends, intending that Argos soon get hold of the Cadmean land,or send its praises to the sky. These are not empty words, my father, but terrible deeds; and wrant. And the younger son has stripped the elder, Polyneices, of the throne,and has driven him from his fatherland. But he, as the widespread rumor says among us, has gone to the valley of Argos as an exile, and is taking to himself a new marriage connection, and warriors for his friends, intending that Argos soon get hold of the Cadmean land,or send its praises to the sky. These are not empty words, my father, but terrible deeds; and where the gods will have pity on your grief, I cannot t
Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus (ed. Sir Richard Jebb), line 1397 (search)
Chorus Polyneices, in your past travels I take no joy. Now go back with speed. Polyneices Alas, for my journey and my failed attempt! Alas, for my companions!Such is the end of the road on which we set out from Argos—wretched me!—such an end, that I cannot even mention it to any of my companions or turn them back, but must go in silence to meet this fate.But you, daughters of this man and my sisters, since you hear these hard curses of a father, do not—if this father's curses be fulfilled and you find some way of return to Thebes—do not, I beg you by the gods, leave me dishonored,but give me burial and due funeral rites. So the praise which you now win from this man here for your labors will be increased by another praise no less, through your care for me. Antigone Polyneices, I beseech you, hear me in one thing! Polyneices What is it, dearest Antigone? Speak! Antigone Turn your force back to Argos as quickly as may be, and do not destroy both yourself and your city. Polyneic
Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus (ed. Sir Richard Jebb), line 1346 (search)
father utterly, because he who begot such sons is blind. For my daughters here did not act in this way.This supplication of yours, and this throne of yours, will lie in the power of my curses, if indeed Justice, revealed long ago, sits beside Zeus, to share his throne through sanction of primordial laws. But off to damnation with you, abhorred by me and disowned!Take these curses which I call down on you, most evil of evil men: may you never defeat your native land, and may you never return to the valley of Argos; I pray that you die by a related hand, and slay him by whom you have been driven out. This is my prayer.And I call on the hateful darkness of Tartarus that your father shares, to take you into another home; and I call on the divinities of this place, and I call on the god of war, who has set dreadful hatred in you both. Go with these words in your ear;go and announce to all the Cadmeans, and to your own faithful allies, that Oedipus has distributed such portions to his sons.
Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus (ed. Sir Richard Jebb), line 1284 (search)
eneus, Aetolian Tydeus; Eteoclus is third, of Argive birth; the fourth, Hippomedon, is sent by Talaos, his father; while Capaneus, the fifth, boasts that he will burn Thebes to the ground with fire; and sixth, Arcadian Parthenopaeus rushes to the war.He is named for that virgin of long ago from whose marriage in later time he was born, the trusty son of Atalanta. Last come I, your son—or if not yours, then the offspring of an evil fate, but yours at least in name—leading the fearless army of Argos to Thebes. It is we who implore you, father, every one of us, by your daughters here and by your soul, begging you to forgo your fierce anger against me, as I go forth to punish my brother,who has expelled me and robbed me of my fatherland. For if anything trustworthy comes from oracles, they said that whoever you join with in alliance will have victorious strength. Then, by the streams of water and gods of our race, I ask you to listen and to yield.I am a beggar and a stranger, as you are
Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus (ed. Sir Richard Jebb), line 1139 (search)
et out here. Oedipus What land does he come form? What does he desire by his supplication? Theseus I know one thing only: they tell me he asks to speak briefly with you, a thing of no great burden. Oedipus On what topic? That suppliant state is of no small account. Theseus He asks, they say, no more than that he may confer with you,and return unharmed from his journey here. Oedipus Who can he be that implores the god in this way? Theseus Consider whether there is anyone in your race at Argos, who might desire this favor from you. Oedipus Dearest friend, say no more! Theseus What is wrong? Oedipus Do not ask me for— Theseus For what? Speak! Oedipus From hearing these things I know who the suppliant is. Theseus And who can he be, that I should have an objection to him? Oedipus My son, lord, a hated son whose words would vex my ear like the words of no man besides. Theseus What? Can you not listen, without doing what you do not wish to do? Why does it pain you to hear him?