Sophocles. Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy

Translated by F. Storr.
Webster’s Thesaurus Edition for PSAT, SAT, GRE, LSAT, GMAT, and AP English Test Preparation.Preface from the Editor
- Oedipus the King
- Oedipus at Colonus
- Antigone
- GlossaryAt the end of each page, synonyms and antonyms for individual words are given, and the words chosen are difficult and frequently encountered. For example, for the first page:[Suppliants of all ages are seated round the altar at the palace doors, at their
head a PRIEST OF ZEUS. To them enter OEDIPUS.]
OEDIPUS
My children, latest born to Cadmus old,
Why sit ye here as suppliants, in your hands
Branches of olive filleted with wool?
What means this reek of incense everywhere,
And everywhere laments and litanies?
Children, it were not meet that I should learn
From others, and am hither come, myself,
I Oedipus, your world-renowned king.
Ho! aged sire, whose venerable locks
Proclaim thee spokesman of this company,
Explain your mood and purport. Is it dread
Of ill that moves you or a boon ye crave?
My zeal in your behalf ye cannot doubt;
Ruthless indeed were I and obdurate
If such petitioners as you I spurned.