Exodos, lines 1307-1366
Oedipus's kommos: 'Dark, horror of darkness my darkness, drowning, swirling around me' — his lyric lament.
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From Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
The blinded Oedipus emerges to lament his fate, bid farewell to his daughters, and beg for exile from Thebes.
Exodos, lines 1480-1514
Oedipus's tender farewell to Antigone and Ismene, lamenting the cursed inheritance he leaves them.
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