Messenger
A childless man till then, he warmed to thee.
Oedipus
A foundling or a purchased slave, this child?
Messenger
I found thee in Cithaeron’s wooded glens.
Oedipus
What led thee to explore those upland glades?
Messenger
My business was to tend the mountain flocks.
Oedipus
A vagrant shepherd journeying for hire?