Oedipus Tyrannus, Sophocles, creator; Sophocles with an English translation Vol 1; Storr, Francis, 1839-1919, editor, translator. London, New York: William Heinemann Ltd., The Macmillan Company, 1912.
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1030
σοῦ τʼ, ὦ τέκνον, σωτήρ γε τῷ τότʼ ἐν χρόνῳ.
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Οἰδίπους
τί δʼ ἄλγος ἴσχοντʼ ἀγκάλαις με λαμβάνεις;
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Ἄγγελος
ποδῶν ἂν ἄρθρα μαρτυρήσειεν τὰ σά·
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Οἰδίπους
οἴμοι, τί τοῦτʼ ἀρχαῖον ἐννέπεις κακόν;
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Ἄγγελος
λύω σʼ ἔχοντα διατόρους ποδοῖν ἀκμάς.
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Οἰδίπους
1035
δεινόν γʼ ὄνειδος σπαργάνων ἀνειλόμην.
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Ἄγγελος
ὥστʼ ὠνομάσθης ἐκ τύχης ταύτης ὃς εἶ.
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Οἰδίπους
ὦ πρὸς θεῶν, πρὸς μητρὸς ἢ πατρός; φράσον.
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Ἄγγελος
οὐκ οἶδʼ· ὁ δοὺς δὲ ταῦτʼ ἐμοῦ λῷον φρονεῖ.
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Οἰδίπους
ἦ γὰρ παρʼ ἄλλου μʼ ἔλαβες οὐδʼ αὐτὸς τυχών;
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Ἄγγελος
1040
οὔκ, ἀλλὰ ποιμὴν ἄλλος ἐκδίδωσί μοι.
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Οἰδίπους
τίς οὗτος; ἦ κάτοισθα δηλῶσαι λόγῳ;
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Ἄγγελος
τῶν Λαΐου δήπου τις ὠνομάζετο.
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Οἰδίπους
ἦ τοῦ τυράννου τῆσδε γῆς πάλαι ποτέ;
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Ἄγγελος
μάλιστα· τούτου τἀνδρὸς οὗτος ἦν βοτήρ.
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Οἰδίπους
1045
ἦ κἄστʼ ἔτι ζῶν οὗτος, ὥστʼ ἰδεῖν ἐμέ;
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Ἄγγελος
ὑμεῖς γʼ ἄριστʼ εἰδεῖτʼ ἂν οὑπιχώριοι.
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Οἰδίπους
ἔστιν τις ὑμῶν τῶν παρεστώτων πέλας,
ὅστις κάτοιδε τὸν βοτῆρʼ ὃν ἐννέπει,
εἴτʼ οὖν ἐπʼ ἀγρῶν εἴτε κἀνθάδʼ εἰσιδών;
1050
σημήναθʼ, ὡς ὁ καιρὸς ηὑρῆσθαι τάδε.
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Χορός
οἶμαι μὲν οὐδένʼ ἄλλον ἢ τὸν ἐξ ἀγρῶν,
ὃν κἀμάτευες πρόσθεν εἰσιδεῖν· ἀτὰρ
ἥδʼ ἂν τάδʼ οὐχ ἥκιστʼ ἂν Ἰοκάστη λέγοι.
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Οἰδίπους
γύναι, νοεῖς ἐκεῖνον, ὅντινʼ ἀρτίως
1055
μολεῖν ἐφιέμεσθα; τόνδʼ οὗτος λέγει;
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Ἰοκάστη
τί δʼ ὅντινʼ εἶπε; μηδὲν ἐντραπῇς· τὰ δὲ
ῥηθέντα βούλου μηδὲ μεμνῆσθαι μάτην.
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Οἰδίπους
οὐκ ἂν γένοιτο τοῦθʼ ὅπως ἐγὼ λαβὼν
σημεῖα τοιαῦτʼ οὐ φανῶ τοὐμὸν γένος.
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