Plays of the Greek Dramatists Selections From Aeschylus Sophocles Euripides
Plays of the Greek Dramatists Selections From Aeschylus Sophocles Euripides
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Sorrow so great, Had I died then, had spared both mine and me.
i Senator. Fain were I too it had been so.
CEdipus. Not then had I become My father's murderer, Nor wedded her I have my being from : Whom now no God will bless, Child of incestuousness In her that bare me, being the spouse of her; Yea if aught ill worse than all ill be there, That CEdipus must bear.
I Senator. I know not how to say thou hast done well; For it were better for thee now to die, Than to live on in blindness.
CEdipus. T...ell me not — Give me no counsel now, that what is done Has not been done thus best. I know not how With seeing eyes I could have looked upon My father — coming to the under-world, Or my poor mother, when against them both 210 PLAYS OF THE GREEK DRAMATISTS I have sinned sins, worse than a halter's meed.
Or do you think that children were a sight Delectable for me to gaze at, born As they were born? Never with eyes of mine!
No, nor the city, nor the citadel, Nor consecrated shrines of deities, From which, to my most utter misery, I, of all other men in Thebes the man Most bravely nurtured, cut myself away, And of my own mouth dictated to all To thrust out me, the impious — me, declared Abominable of Heaven, and Laius' son.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Sorrow so great, Had I died then, had spared both mine and me.
i Senator. Fain were I too it had been so.
CEdipus. Not then had I become My father's murderer, Nor wedded her I have my being from : Whom now no God will bless, Child of incestuousness In her that bare me, being the spouse of her; Yea if aught ill worse than all ill be there, That CEdipus must bear.
I Senator. I know not how to say thou hast done well; For it were better for thee now to die, Than to live on in blindness.
CEdipus. T...ell me not — Give me no counsel now, that what is done Has not been done thus best. I know not how With seeing eyes I could have looked upon My father — coming to the under-world, Or my poor mother, when against them both 210 PLAYS OF THE GREEK DRAMATISTS I have sinned sins, worse than a halter's meed.
Or do you think that children were a sight Delectable for me to gaze at, born As they were born? Never with eyes of mine!
No, nor the city, nor the citadel, Nor consecrated shrines of deities, From which, to my most utter misery, I, of all other men in Thebes the man Most bravely nurtured, cut myself away, And of my own mouth dictated to all To thrust out me, the impious — me, declared Abominable of Heaven, and Laius' son.
What to read after Plays of the Greek Dramatists Selections From Aeschylus Sophocles Euripides?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821 to read onlineMoreLess
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