Oedipus King of Thebes: Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes
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If I have turned aside from Euripides for a moment and attempted a translation of the great stage masterpiece of Sophocles, my excuse must be the fascination of this play, which has thrown its spell on me as on many other translators. Yet I may plead also that as a rule every diligent student of these great works can add something to the discoveries of his predecessors, and I think I have been able to bring out a few…
Details
- AuthorSophocles
- SourceProject Gutenberg #27673
- Length17,050 words · 1h 08m of reading
- Chapters11
- DictionaryIncluded
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-09-06
Contents
11 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01FOURTEENTH THOUSAND
- 02PREFACE
- 03CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY
- 04A MESSENGER _from the Palace._
- 05ARGUMENT
- 06OEDIPUS, KING OF THEBES
- 07OEDIPUS (_to_ LEADER, _who tries to calm him._)
- 08LEADER. [_Strophe._
- 09LEADER. [_Antistrophe._
- 10Where stand ye at the last
- 11NOTES TO
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