Oedipus the King
Read July 15, 2025
Publication Details
Type:
Play
Publisher:
Chicago University Press
Published:
429 BCE
Translated From:
Greek
Reading Details
Pages:
68
Location:
Lawrence, KS (US)
Content & Notes
First Paragraph:
Children, young sons and daughters of old Cadmus,
why do you sit here with your suppliant crowns?
The towns is heavy with a mingled burden
of sounds and smells, of groans and hymns and incense;
I did not think it fit that I should hear
of this from messengers but came myself,—
I Oedipus whom all men call the Great.