_Oedipus, Rex_, ll. 147-148
Oedipus: "Why, that's exactly what I think / And always will - I can't reject my mind"
_Oedipus, Rex_, ll. 149-150
Oedipus: "Why, you who are so clever at divining everything / Haven't you found out by now that this man / Creon has long wanted to to push me from my throne / And reign as king himself?"
_Oedipus, Rex_, ll. 173-177