mickoymilkovich:

OEDIPUS REX, written by Sophocles (427 B.C.E.)

I beg of you in God’s name hide me
somewhere outside your country, yes, or kill me,
or throw me into the sea, to be forever
out of your sight. Approach and deign to touch me
for all my wretchedness, and do not fear.
No man but I can bear my evil doom.