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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καὶ τροφὸν καὶ ματέρʼ αὔξειν,
1095
καὶ χορεύεσθαι πρὸς ἡμῶν, ὡς ἐπὶ ἦρα φέροντα τοῖς ἐμοῖς τυράννοις.
ἰήϊε Φοῖβε, σοὶ δὲ ταῦτʼ ἀρέστʼ εἴη.
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Χορός
τίς σε, τέκνον, τίς σʼ ἔτικτε τᾶν μακραιώνων ἄρα
1100
Πανὸς ὀρεσσιβάτα πατρὸς πελασθεῖσʼ;
ἢ σέ γʼ εὐνάτειρά τις
Λοξίου; τῷ γὰρ πλάκες ἀγρόνομοι πᾶσαι φίλαι·
1105
εἴθʼ ὁ Κυλλάνας ἀνάσσων,
εἴθʼ ὁ Βακχεῖος θεὸς ναίων ἐπʼ ἄκρων ὀρέων σʼ εὕρημα δέξατʼ ἔκ του
Νυμφᾶν Ἑλικωνίδων, αἷς πλεῖστα συμπαίζει.
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Οἰδίπους
1110
εἰ χρή τι κἀμὲ μὴ συναλλάξαντά πω,
πρέσβεις, σταθμᾶσθαι, τὸν βοτῆρʼ ὁρᾶν δοκῶ,
ὅνπερ πάλαι ζητοῦμεν· ἔν τε γὰρ μακρῷ
γήρᾳ ξυνᾴδει τῷδε τἀνδρὶ σύμμετρος,
ἄλλως τε τοὺς ἄγοντας ὥσπερ οἰκέτας
1115
ἔγνωκʼ ἐμαυτοῦ· τῇ δʼ ἐπιστήμῃ σύ μου
προύχοις τάχʼ ἄν που, τὸν βοτῆρʼ ἰδὼν πάρος.
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Χορός
ἔγνωκα γάρ, σάφʼ ἴσθι· Λαΐου γὰρ ἦν
εἴπερ τις ἄλλος πιστὸς ὡς νομεὺς ἀνήρ.
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Οἰδίπους
σὲ πρῶτʼ ἐρωτῶ, τὸν Κορίνθιον ξένον, ἦ τόνδε φράζεις;
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Ἄγγελος
1120
τοῦτον, ὅνπερ εἰσορᾷς.
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Οἰδίπους
οὗτος σύ, πρέσβυ, δεῦρό μοι φώνει βλέπων
ὅσʼ ἄν σʼ ἐρωτῶ. Λαΐου ποτʼ ἦσθα σύ;
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Θεράπων
ἦ δοῦλος οὐκ ὠνητός, ἀλλʼ οἴκοι τραφείς.
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Οἰδίπους
ἔργον μεριμνῶν ποῖον ἢ βίον τινά;
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Θεράπων
1125
ποίμναις τὰ πλεῖστα τοῦ βίου συνειπόμην.
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Οἰδίπους
χώροις μάλιστα πρὸς τίσι ξύναυλος ὤν;
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Θεράπων
ἦν μὲν Κιθαιρών, ἦν δὲ πρόσχωρος τόπος.
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Οἰδίπους
τὸν ἄνδρα τόνδʼ οὖν οἶσθα τῇδέ που μαθών;
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Θεράπων
τί χρῆμα δρῶντα; ποῖον ἄνδρα καὶ λέγεις;
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