The Tragedies of Seneca / Translated into English Verse, to Which Have Been Appended Comparative Analyses of the Corresponding Greek and Roman Plays, and a Mythological Index

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Oedipus: Because there is a lack. Prosperity

Ne'er halts at any bounds.

Creon: And shall I fall,695

Prejudged, and have no right to plead my cause?

Oedipus: Hadst thou consideration for my life?

Did old Tiresias listen to my cause?

And yet I am condemned. My pattern, thou;

I do but follow in the way thou lead'st.

Creon: But what if I am guiltless?

Oedipus: Kings are wont