Only the Greatest and the Best Quotes from Sophocles
Quote : "O Lord and Chief' We come to thee again; we lay our grief
On thy head' if thou find us not some aid."
On thy head' if thou find us not some aid."
- (Author : Sophocles , Book : Oedipus Rex , Quote ID :1130)
Quote : "O chief Of men' and lift thy city from its grief;
Face thine own peril! All our land doth hold
Thee still our saviour' for that help of old"
Face thine own peril! All our land doth hold
Thee still our saviour' for that help of old"
- (Author : Sophocles , Book : Oedipus Rex , Quote ID :1131)
Quote : "Shall they that tell of thee hereafter tell
By him was Thebes raised up' and after fell!"
By him was Thebes raised up' and after fell!"
- (Author : Sophocles , Book : Oedipus Rex , Quote ID :1132)
Quote : "Speak forth to all! The grief that these men bear
Is more than any fear for mine own death."
Is more than any fear for mine own death."
- (Author : Sophocles , Book : Oedipus Rex , Quote ID :1133)
Quote : "It falls on me then. I will search and clear
This darkness."
This darkness."
- (Author : Sophocles , Book : Oedipus Rex , Quote ID :1134)
Quote : "And with you for the right I also stand'
To obey the God and succour this dear land."
To obey the God and succour this dear land."
- (Author : Sophocles , Book : Oedipus Rex , Quote ID :1135)
Quote : "his crown is on my brow'
His wife lies in my arms' and common fate'"
His wife lies in my arms' and common fate'"
- (Author : Sophocles , Book : Oedipus Rex , Quote ID :1136)