Monologue

Oedipus Monologue from Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes

From Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes by Sophocles

male · anguished · 45 sec

One shred of hope I still have, and therefore Will wait the herdsman's coming. 'Tis no more. (JOCASTA: He shall come. But what further dost thou seek?) This. If we mark him close and find him speak As thou hast, then I am lifted from my dread. (JOCASTA: What mean'st thou? Was there something that I said...?) Thou said'st he spoke of robbers, a great band, That slaughtered Laius' men. If still he stand To the same tale, the guilt comes not my way. One cannot be a band. But if he say One lonely loin-girt man, then visibly This is God's finger pointing toward me.

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