A Few Quotes
From Actual Greek Tragedies:
"Drive the corruption from the land" Creon (Oedipus Rex, Sophocles)
"Chance rules our lives" Jocasta (Oedipus Rex, Sophocles)
“How terrible to see the truth” – Teireisias (Oedipus Rex, Sophocles)
"So much for prophecy" Jocasta (Oedipus Rex, Sophocles)
"Half my life is wasted away in hopeless waiting" Electra (Electra, Sophocles)
"My policy is to bow before the storm" Crysothemis (Electra, Sophocles)
"I smell the open grave" Cassandra (Agamemnon, Aeschylus)
"What a brilliant day it is for vengeance" Clytemnestra (Agamemnon, Aeschylus)
"Words, endless words I've said to serve the moment." Clytaemnestra (Agamemnon, Aeschylus)
"Mother, have mercy" Pentheus (The Bacchae, Euripides)
"O misery!" Electra (Electra, Sophocles)
"If you will not cease your wailing you are to be sent to some place where you'll never see the light" Chrysothemis (Electra, Sophocles)
"I'll let loose, I have such fury in me“ Oedipus (Oedipus Rex, Sophocles)
It almost
sounds as if the famous Greek dramatists of the 5th century B.C. have had
a glimpse of the future.
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