All 4 Uses of
exile
in
Oedipus King of Thebes (translated by: Murray)
- For me, then …. understand Well …. ye seek death or exile from the land.†
Chpt Play
- Thebes now doth banish me, And never in this exile must I see Mine ancient folk of Corinth, never tread The land that bore me; else my mother's bed Shall be defiled, and Polybus, my good Father, who loved me well, be rolled in blood.†
Chpt Play
- 'tis that, hath kept thee exiled in this place?†
Chpt Play *
- —Perhaps because, if there is any thought of his going back to Corinth, his long voluntary exile must be explained.†
Chpt Play
Definition:
-
(exile) to force someone to live outside of their homeland; or living in such a condition
or more rarely: voluntary absence from a place someone would rather be