“ Anger has no old age but only death;The dead alone can feel no touch of spite. ”
Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus (401 BC). copy citation
| Author | Sophocles |
|---|---|
| Source | Oedipus at Colonus |
| Topic | anger death |
| Date | 401 BC |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by F. Storr |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/31/31-h/31-h.htm |
Context
“To stay within your borders. In that faith
I hunted down my quarry; and e'en then
I had refrained but for the curses dire
Wherewith he banned my kinsfolk and myself:
Such wrong, methought, had warrant for my act.
Anger has no old age but only death;
The dead alone can feel no touch of spite.
So thou must work thy will; my cause is just
But weak without allies; yet will I try,
Old as I am, to answer deeds with deeds.
OEDIPUS
O shameless railer, think'st thou this abuse
Defames my grey hairs rather than thine own?”
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