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1、OEDIPUSTHEKINGCharactersOEDIPUS,kingofThebesAPRIESTCREON,hisbrother-in-law(Jocasta’sbrother)CHORUSofoldmenofThebesTEIRESIAS,anoldblindprophetJOCASTA,hiswife(andmother)FIRSTMESSENGERAHERDSMANSECONDMESSENGERScene:InfrontofthepalaceofOedipusatThebes.Ononesidestan
2、dsthePriestwithacrowdofchildren.(EnterOedipus,fromthepalacedoor.)OEDIPUSChildren,youngsonsanddaughtersofoldCadmus,whydoyousitherewithyoursuppliantcrowns?Thetownisheavywithamingledburden5ofsoundsandsmells,ofgroansandhymnsandincense;IdidnotthinkitfitthatIshouldh
3、earofthisfrommessengersbutcamemyself—I,OedipuswhomallmencalltheGreat.(TothePriest.)You’reoldandtheyareyoung;come,speakforthem.10Whatdoyoufearorwant,thatyousitheresuppliant?IndeedI’mwillingtogiveallthatyoumayneed;IwouldbeveryhardshouldInotpitysuppliantslikethes
4、e.PRIESTOrulerofmycountry,Oedipus,15youseeourcompanyaroundthealtar;youseeourages;someofus,likethese,whocannotyetflyfar,andsomeofusheavywithage;thesechildrenarethechosenamongtheyoung,andIthepriestofZeus.20Withinthemarketplacesitotherscrownedwithsuppliantgarland
5、s,atthedoubleshrineofPallasandthetemplewhereIsmenusgivesoraclesbyfire.King,youyourselfhaveseenourcityreelinglikeawreckalready;itcanscarcelyliftitsprowoutofthedepths,outofthebloodysurf.25Ablightisonthefruitfulplantsoftheearth,ablightisonthecattleinthefields,abl
6、ightisonourwomenthatnochildrenareborntothem;agodthatcarriesfire,adeadlypestilence,isonourtown,strikesusandsparesnot,andthehouseofCadmusisemptiedofitspeoplewhileblackDeath30growsrichingroaningandinlamentation.Wehavenotcomeassuppliantstothisaltarbecausewethinkof
7、youasofagod,butratherjudgingyouthefirstofmeninallthechancesofthislifeandwhenwemortalshavetodowithmorethanman.35Youcameandbyyourcomingsavedourcity,freedusfromtributewhichwepaidofoldtotheSphinx,cruelsinger.Thisyoudidinvirtueofnoknowledgewecouldgiveyou,invirtueof
8、noteaching;itwasgodthataidedyou,mensay,andyouareheldwithgod’sassistancetohavesavedourlives.40NowOedipus,greatestinallmen’seyes,herefallingatyourfeetweallentreatyou,findussomestreng
