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.[24]
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).