Monologue

Oedipus Monologue from Oedipus at Colonus

From Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles

male · defiant · 40 sec

O shameless voice! Would’st lay an hand on me? (CREON: Silence, I bid thee!) Goddesses, allow Thy suppliant to utter yet one curse! Wretch, now my eyes are gone thou hast torn away The helpless maiden who was eyes to me; For these to thee and all thy cursed race May the great Sun, whose eye is everywhere, Grant length of days and old age like to mine. (CREON: Listen, O men of Athens, mark ye this?) They mark us both and understand that I Wronged by the deeds defend myself with words.

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