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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ἀρχὴν βραχεῖαν εἰ λάβοιμεν ἐλπίδος.
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Κρέων
λῃστὰς ἔφασκε συντυχόντας οὐ μιᾷ
ῥώμῃ κτανεῖν νιν, ἀλλὰ σὺν πλήθει χερῶν.
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Οἰδίπους
πῶς οὖν ὁ λῃστής, εἴ τι μὴ ξὺν ἀργύρῳ
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ἐπράσσετʼ ἐνθένδʼ, ἐς τόδʼ ἂν τόλμης ἔβη;
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Κρέων
δοκοῦντα ταῦτʼ ἦν· Λαΐου δʼ ὀλωλότος
οὐδεὶς ἀρωγὸς ἐν κακοῖς ἐγίγνετο.
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Οἰδίπους
κακὸν δὲ ποῖον ἐμποδών, τυραννίδος
οὕτω πεσούσης, εἶργε τοῦτʼ ἐξειδέναι;
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Κρέων
130
ἡ ποικιλῳδὸς Σφὶγξ τὸ πρὸς ποσὶν σκοπεῖν
μεθέντας ἡμᾶς τἀφανῆ προσήγετο.
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Οἰδίπους
ἀλλʼ ἐξ ὑπαρχῆς αὖθις αὔτʼ ἐγὼ φανῶ·
ἐπαξίως γὰρ Φοῖβος, ἀξίως δὲ σὺ
πρὸ τοῦ θανόντος τήνδʼ ἔθεσθʼ ἐπιστροφήν·
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ὥστʼ ἐνδίκως ὄψεσθε κἀμὲ σύμμαχον
γῇ τῇδε τιμωροῦντα τῷ θεῷ θʼ ἅμα.
ὑπὲρ γὰρ οὐχὶ τῶν ἀπωτέρω φίλων,
ἀλλʼ αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ τοῦτʼ ἀποσκεδῶ μύσος.
ὅστις γὰρ ἦν ἐκεῖνον ὁ κτανών, τάχʼ ἂν
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κἄμʼ ἂν τοιαύτῃ χειρὶ τιμωροῦνθʼ ἕλοι.
κείνῳ προσαρκῶν οὖν ἐμαυτὸν ὠφελῶ.
ἀλλʼ ὡς τάχιστα, παῖδες, ὑμεῖς μὲν βάθρων
ἵστασθε, τούσδʼ ἄραντες ἱκτῆρας κλάδους,
ἄλλος δὲ Κάδμου λαὸν ὧδʼ ἀθροιζέτω,
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ὡς πᾶν ἐμοῦ δράσοντος· ἢ γὰρ εὐτυχεῖς
σὺν τῷ θεῷ φανούμεθʼ ἢ πεπτωκότες.
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Ἱερεύς
ὦ παῖδες, ἱστώμεσθα· τῶνδε γὰρ χάριν
καὶ δεῦρʼ ἔβημεν ὧν ὅδʼ ἐξαγγέλλεται.
Φοῖβος δʼ ὁ πέμψας τάσδε μαντείας ἅμα
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σωτήρ δʼ ἵκοιτο καὶ νόσου παυστήριος.
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