vv. 1020–1028
OEDIPUS, KING OF THEBES
Stranger.
’Twas not I begot
Oedipus, neither was it he.
Oedipus.
What wild
Fancy, then, made him name me for his child?
Stranger.
Thou wast his child—by gift. Long years ago
Mine own hand brought thee to him.
Oedipus.
Coming so,
From a strange hand, he gave me that great love?
Stranger.
He had no child, and the desire thereof
Held him.
Oedipus.
And thou didst find somewhere—or buy—
A child for him?
Stranger.
I found it in a high
Glen of Kithairon.
[Movement of Jocasta, who stands riveted with dread, unnoticed by the others.
Oedipus.
Yonder? To what end
Wast travelling in these parts?
Stranger.
I came to tend
The flocks here on the mountain.
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