Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Interest in Genealogy
Sophocles, Oedipus the King 1076-1077 (Oedipus speaking; tr. David Grene):
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Break out what will! I at least shall be
willing to see my ancestry, though humble.
ὁποῖα χρῄζει ῥηγνύτω· τοὐμὸν δ᾽ ἐγώ,
κεἰ σμικρόν ἐστι, σπέρμ᾽ ἰδεῖν βουλήσομαι.
