OEDIPUS AT COLONUS
Oedipus
Ah me!
Chorus
I prithee yield.
Oedipus
Ah me!
Chorus
Grant my request, I granted all to thee.
Oedipus
(Ant. 1)
Know then I suffered ills most vile, but none
(So help me Heaven!) from acts in malice done.
Chorus
Say how.
Oedipus
The State around
An all unwitting bridegroom bound
An impious marriage chain;
That was my bane.
Chorus
Did’st thou in sooth then share
A bed incestuous with her that bare—
Oedipus
It stabs me like a sword,
That two-edged word,
O stranger, but these maids—my own—
Chorus
Say on.
Oedipus
Two daughters, curses twain.
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