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Sophocles, Oedipus The King, 758-764


nanNo. Soon after he returned and found you ruling in Laius’ stead


nanNo. Soon after he returned and found you ruling in Laius’ stead


nanOf armed retainers with him, like a prince? JOCASTA: They were but five in all, and one of them A herald; Laius in a mule-car rode. OIDIPUS: Alas! 'tis clear as noonday now. But say, Lady, who carried this report to Thebes? JOCASTA: A serf, the sole survivor who returned. OIDIPUS: Haply he is at hand or in the house? JOCASTA: No, for as soon as he returned and found Thee reigning in the stead of Laius slain, He clasped my hand and supplicated me To send him to the alps and pastures, where He might be farthest from the sight of Thebes. And so I sent him. 'Twas an honest slave And well deserved some better recompense. OIDIPUS: Fetch him at once. I fain would see the man. JOCASTA: He shall be brought; but wherefore summon him? OIDIPUS: Lady, I fear my tongue has overrun Discretion; therefore I would question him. JOCASTA: Well, he shall come, but may not I too claim To share the burden of thy heart, my king?


nanhe pled with me, with hand laid on mine, to send him to the fields, to the pastures of the flocks, that he might be far from the sight of this town. And I sent him; he was worthy, for a slave, to win even a larger favor than that. Oedipu


nanhe pled with me, with hand laid on mine, to send him to the fields, to the pastures of the flocks, that he might be far from the sight of this town. And I sent him; he was worthy, for a slave, to win even a larger favor than that. Oedipu


nanhe pled with me, with hand laid on mine, to send him to the fields, to the pastures of the flocks, that he might be far from the sight of this town. And I sent him; he was worthy, for a slave, to win even a larger favor than that. Oedipu


nanhe pled with me, with hand laid on mine, to send him to the fields, to the pastures of the flocks, that he might be far from the sight of this town. And I sent him; he was worthy, for a slave, to win even a larger favor than that. Oedipu


nanhe pled with me, with hand laid on mine, to send him to the fields, to the pastures of the flocks, that he might be far from the sight of this town. And I sent him; he was worthy, for a slave, to win even a larger favor than that. Oedipu


Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

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1. Sophocles, Oedipus The King, 1179-1181, 35-38, 388-389, 39, 463-757, 759-862, 1178 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

2. Sophocles, Philoctetes, 629-637, 628 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

3. Seneca The Younger, Oedipus, 697-708, 811, 819-821, 825-830, 838-881, 286 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
anacolouthon Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 49
antigone (sophocles), episodes in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 264
arrival, first Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 264
characters Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 310
conflict, among minor characters Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 310
creon (jason myth) Harrison, Brill's Companion to Roman Tragedy (2015) 279
cue Harrison, Brill's Companion to Roman Tragedy (2015) 279
death Harrison, Brill's Companion to Roman Tragedy (2015) 279
dialogue Harrison, Brill's Companion to Roman Tragedy (2015) 279
doubling, of messengers Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 310
electra (sophocles), episodes in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 264
entrances Harrison, Brill's Companion to Roman Tragedy (2015) 279
episodes, of oedipus the king (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 509
episodes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 264
general laius Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 310
groups, complement transferred from one to another Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 49
humble, minor characters as the Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 310
hyperbaton Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 49
information, from the outside Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 264
jocasta Harrison, Brill's Companion to Roman Tragedy (2015) 279
jocasta (epicaste), and minor characters Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 310
laius Harrison, Brill's Companion to Roman Tragedy (2015) 279
lichas, as a messenger Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 310
messengers, use of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 310
murder Harrison, Brill's Companion to Roman Tragedy (2015) 279
myth, of oedipus Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 504
oedipus, and minor characters Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 310
oedipus Harrison, Brill's Companion to Roman Tragedy (2015) 279; Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 504, 509
oedipus at colonus (sophocles), episodes in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 264
oedipus the king (sophocles), episodes in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 264
oedipus the king (sophocles), minor characters in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 310
oedipus the king (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 504, 509
past, the, and oedipus Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 509
philoctetes (sophocles), episodes in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 264
philosophy Harrison, Brill's Companion to Roman Tragedy (2015) 279
philter, from deianira Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 264
plot Harrison, Brill's Companion to Roman Tragedy (2015) 279
power' Harrison, Brill's Companion to Roman Tragedy (2015) 279
sentences, change direction Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 49
sequence, mythic, of oedipus the king (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 504
servant, corinthian Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 310
servant, of laius Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 310
sophoclean language, clarity Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 49
sophoclean unlike gorgianic, unpredictable yet clear Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 49
stasima, of oedipus the king (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 509
stoic Harrison, Brill's Companion to Roman Tragedy (2015) 279
structure, of oedipus the king (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 509
subject, of oedipus the king (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 504
topic Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 49
wisdom, of deianira Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 264
women of trachis, the (sophocles), episodes in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 264
women of trachis, the (sophocles), minor characters in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 310