Oedipus Quotes

• "The world knows my fame: I am Oedipus"


  Oedipus
• "I would be blind to misery not to pity my people kneeling at my feet"

  Oedipus
• "You cannot equal the gods"

  Priest
• "I see- How could I fail to see"

  Oedipus
• "You pray to the gods? Let me grant your prayers"

  Oedipus
• "May the curse I just called down on him (Laius's killer) strike me!"

  Oedipus
• "I will fight for him (Laius) as if he were my father"

  Oedipus
• "How terrible- to see the truth when the truth is only pain to him who sees!"

  Tiresias
• "You (Oedipus) are the curse, the corruption of the land"

  Tiresias
• "The crown this city gave me- I never sought it"

  Oedipus
• "You're blind to the corruption of your life"

  Tiresias
• "He cannot outrace the dread voices of Delphi"


  Chorus
• "A prophet? Well then, free yourself of every charge!"

  Jocasta
• "I have a terrible fear the blind seer can see"

  Oedipus
• "Chance rules our lives"

  Jocasta
• "Fail to solve the mystery of my birth? Not for all the world!"

  Oedipus
• "Let it burst! Whatever will, whatever must!"

  Oedipus
• "My destiny, my dark power, what a leap you made!"

  Oedipus
• "What grief can crown this grief? It's mine alone, my destiny- I am Oedipus!"

  Oedipus
• "O triple roads- it all comes back"

  Oedipus
• "The seer never accused me then?"- why not?

  Oedipus