Creon. Take me away, the vain-proud man who slew
Thee, O my son, and thee!
Me miserable! Which way shall I turn?
Which look upon? Since all that I can touch
Is falling, falling, round me, and o’erhead
Intolerable destiny descends.
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23.  From Professor Gilbert Murray’s translation of the Œdipus Tyrannus (George Allen & Co., Ltd.).

24.  From Professor Lewis Campbell’s translation of the Antigone (Clarendon Press).

25.  From Professor Lewis Campbell’s translation of the Œdipus at Colonus (Clarendon Press).

26.  From Professor Gilbert Murray’s translation of a fragment of the Œdipus Coloneus in his History of Ancient Greek Literature (William Heinemann).

27.  From Professor Lewis Campbell’s translation of the Seven against Thebes (Clarendon Press).