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Oedipus Tyrannus (1131-1162)

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Not so that I could speak at once from memory.
Messenger
And no wonder, master. But I will bring clear recollection to his ignorance. I am sure he knows well of the time we dwelled in the region of Cithaeron
for six month periods, from spring to Arcturus, he with two flocks, and I, his comrade, with one. And then for the winter I used to drive my flock to my own fold, and he took his to the fold of Laius.
Did any of this happen as I tell it, or did it not?
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Servant
You speak the truth, though it was long ago.
Messenger
Come, tell me now: do you remember having given me a boy in those days, to be reared as my own foster-son?
Servant
What now? Why do you ask the question?
Messenger
This man, my friend, is he who then was young.
Servant
Damn you! Be silent once and for all!
Oedipus
Do not rebuke him, old man. Your words need rebuking more than his.
Servant
And in what way, most noble master, do I offend?
Oedipus
In not telling of the boy about whom he asks.
Servant
He speaks without knowledge, but is busy to no purpose.
Oedipus
You will not speak with good grace, but will in pain.
Servant
No, in the name of the gods, do not mistreat an old man.
Oedipus
Someone, quick—tie his hands him this instant!
Servant
Alas, why? What do you want to learn?
Oedipus
Did you give this man the child about whom he asks?
Servant
I did. Would that I had perished that day!
Oedipus
Well, you will come to that, unless you tell the honest truth.
Servant
But if I speak I will be destroyed all the more.
Oedipus
This man is bent, I think, on more delays.
Servant
No, no! I said before that I gave it to him.
Oedipus
Where did you get it from? From your own house, or from another?

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