World Lit Reader

Oedipus Rex · Sophocles · Translated by F. Storr

Translation notes

FOOTNOTES

1 (return) [ Dr. Kennedy and others render “Since to men of experience I see that also comparisons of their counsels are in most lively use.”]

2 (return) [ Literally “not to call them thine,” but the Greek may be rendered “In order not to reveal thine.”]

3 (return) [ The Greek text that occurs in this place has been lost.]

Sophocles · Translated by F. Storr. Digital source: Project Gutenberg, ebook 31. This reading text follows the edition used in our interactive reader.

This continuous verse play is titled Oedipus the King in F. Storr’s translation. Speaker labels and verse line breaks are preserved; the translation notes follow separately.