The Tragedies of Sophocles: the Oxford Translation
The Tragedies of Sophocles: the Oxford Translation
Sophocles
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Oly. O Jove, whether shall I caXL these news fortunate ? or rible, yet gainful 1 yet 'tis a painful case, if by mine own ills ave my life. Att. But why, lady, art tho« so dispirited at my present )rdst Cly. 'Tis a dreadful thing to be a mother ; for not even to e ill-treated does hatred to those she has borne attach. Att. It seems then we are come in vain. Cly. No, believe me, not in vain at least ; for how couldst ou tell me in vain 1 if thou earnest possessing sure proofs 'his death, who bom ...of my life, an alien from my breast id nurture, estranged himself in exile, and since he quitted us land never beheld me, but laying to my charge his father's lurder, was ever threatening to perform dreadful deeds, so aat neither by night nor by day did sweet sleep overshadow le; but progressing time ever led me on as doomed to die. W, however (for on this day am I released from alarm at ler hands and his, since she the greater pest was living with Qe, ever drinking up my pure life's blood), now haply shall we ^ our days in quiet, as far as relates to her threats.^ .
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