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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1130
τόνδʼ ὃς πάρεστιν· ἢ ξυναλλάξας τί πω;
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οὐχ ὥστε γʼ εἰπεῖν ἐν τάχει μνήμης ἄπο.
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Ἄγγελος
κοὐδέν γε θαῦμα, δέσποτʼ· ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ σαφῶς
ἀγνῶτʼ ἀναμνήσω νιν. εὖ γὰρ οἶδʼ ὅτι
κάτοιδεν, ἦμος τῷ Κιθαιρῶνος τόπῳ,
1135
ὁ μὲν διπλοῖσι ποιμνίοις, ἐγὼ δʼ ἑνί,
ἐπλησίαζον τῷδε τἀνδρὶ τρεῖς ὅλους
ἐξ ἦρος εἰς ἀρκτοῦρον ἑκμήνους χρόνους·
χειμῶνα δʼ ἤδη τἀμά τʼ εἰς ἔπαυλʼ ἐγὼ
ἤλαυνον οὗτός τʼ εἰς τὰ Λαΐου σταθμά.
1140
λέγω τι τούτων ἢ οὐ λέγω πεπραγμένον;
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λέγεις ἀληθῆ, καίπερ ἐκ μακροῦ χρόνου.
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Ἄγγελος
φέρʼ εἰπὲ νῦν, τότʼ οἶσθα παῖδά μοί τινα
δούς, ὡς ἐμαυτῷ θρέμμα θρεψαίμην ἐγώ;
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τί δʼ ἔστι; πρὸς τί τοῦτο τοὔπος ἱστορεῖς;
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Ἄγγελος
1145
ὅδʼ ἐστίν, ὦ τᾶν, κεῖνος ὃς τότʼ ἦν νέος.
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οὐκ εἰς ὄλεθρον; οὐ σιωπήσας ἔσει;
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Οἰδίπους
ἆ, μὴ κόλαζε, πρέσβυ, τόνδʼ, ἐπεὶ τὰ σὰ
δεῖται κολαστοῦ μᾶλλον ἢ τὰ τοῦδʼ ἔπη.
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τί δʼ, ὦ φέριστε δεσποτῶν, ἁμαρτάνω;
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Οἰδίπους
1150
οὐκ ἐννέπων τὸν παῖδʼ ὃν οὗτος ἱστορεῖ.
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λέγει γὰρ εἰδὼς οὐδέν, ἀλλʼ ἄλλως πονεῖ.
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Οἰδίπους
σὺ πρὸς χάριν μὲν οὐκ ἐρεῖς, κλαίων δʼ ἐρεῖς.
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μὴ δῆτα, πρὸς θεῶν, τὸν γέροντά μʼ αἰκίσῃ.
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Οἰδίπους
οὐχ ὡς τάχος τις τοῦδʼ ἀποστρέψει χέρας;
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1155
δύστηνος, ἀντὶ τοῦ; τί προσχρῄζων μαθεῖν;
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Οἰδίπους
τὸν παῖδʼ ἔδωκας τῷδʼ ὃν οὗτος ἱστορεῖ;
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ἔδωκʼ· ὀλέσθαι δʼ ὤφελον τῇδʼ ἡμέρᾳ.
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Οἰδίπους
ἀλλʼ εἰς τόδʼ ἥξεις μὴ λέγων γε τοὔνδικον.
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πολλῷ γε μᾶλλον, ἢν φράσω, διόλλυμαι.
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