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Theseus Monologue from Oedipus at Colonus

From Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles

male · defiant · 53 sec

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Teach me not my duty. (OEDIPUS: ’Tis fear constrains me.) My soul knows no fear! (OEDIPUS: Thou knowest not what threats—) I know that none Shall hale thee hence in my despite. Such threats Vented in anger oft, are blusterers, An idle breath, forgot when sense returns. And for thy foemen, though their words were brave, Boasting to bring thee back, they are like to find The seas between us wide and hard to sail. Such my firm purpose, but in any case Take heart, since Phoebus sent thee here. My name, Though I be distant, warrants thee from harm.

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40s · determination · power · fate · honor · redemption

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