Sophocles' OEDIPUS AT COLONUS Complete

Translated by F. Storr. From the Loeb Library Edition, Originally published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and William Heinemann Ltd, London. First published in 1912.

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Page 5

Oedipus: Tell me the awful name I should invoke?

Stranger: The Gracious Ones, All-seeing, so our folk
Call them, but elsewhere other names are rife.

Oedipus: Then may they show their suppliant grace, for I
From this your sanctuary will ne'er depart.

Stranger: What word is this?

Oedipus: The watchword of my fate.

Stranger: Nay, 'tis not mine to bid thee hence without
Due warrant and instruction from the State.

Oedipus: Now in God's name, O stranger, scorn me not
As a wayfarer; tell me what I crave.

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