Both Uses of
calamity
in
Oedipus the King
- OEDIPUS I'll tell thee, lady; if his tale agrees With thine, I shall have 'scaped calamity.†
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- CHORUS Grievous enough for all our tears and groans Our past calamities; what canst thou add?†
Definition:
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(calamity) a disastrous event; or the distress resulting from it