Monologue

Oedipus Monologue from Oedipus at Colonus

From Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles

male · dramatic · 55 sec

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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.

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Oedipus, now a blind and exiled king, confronts his children who are in a state of distress, seeking answers and support amidst a backdrop of ritual supplication.

50s · fear · family · fate · identity · power

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