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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ἤρασσʼ ἐπαίρων βλέφαρα. φοίνιαι δʼ ὁμοῦ
γλῆναι γένειʼ ἔτελλον, οὐδʼ ἀνίεσαν
φόνου μυδώσας σταγόνας, ἀλλʼ ὁμοῦ μέλας
ὄμβρος χαλάζης αἱματοῦς ἐτέγγετο.
τάδʼ ἐκ δυοῖν ἔρρωγεν, οὐ μόνου κάτα,
1280
ἀλλʼ ἀνδρὶ καὶ γυναικὶ συμμιγῆ κακά.
ὁ πρὶν παλαιὸς δʼ ὄλβος ἦν πάροιθε μὲν
ὄλβος δικαίως· νῦν δὲ τῇδε θἠμέρᾳ
στεναγμός, ἄτη, θάνατος, αἰσχύνη, κακῶν
ὅσʼ ἐστὶ πάντων ὀνόματʼ, οὐδέν ἐστʼ ἀπόν.
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Χορός
1285
νῦν δʼ ἔσθʼ ὁ τλήμων ἐν τίνι σχολῇ κακοῦ;
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Ἐξάγγελος
βοᾷ διοίγειν κλῇθρα καὶ δηλοῦν τινα
τοῖς πᾶσι Καδμείοισι τὸν πατροκτόνον,
τὸν μητέρʼ—αὐδῶν ἀνόσιʼ οὐδὲ ῥητά μοι,
1290
ὡς ἐκ χθονὸς ῥίψων ἑαυτὸν οὐδʼ ἔτι
μενῶν δόμοις ἀραῖος, ὡς ἠράσατο.
ῥώμης γε μέντοι καὶ προηγητοῦ τινος
δεῖται· τὸ γὰρ νόσημα μεῖζον ἢ φέρειν.
δείξει δὲ καὶ σοί· κλῇθρα γὰρ πυλῶν τάδε
1295
διοίγεται· θέαμα δʼ εἰσόψει τάχα
τοιοῦτον οἷον καὶ στυγοῦντʼ ἐποικτίσαι.
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Χορός
ὦ δεινὸν ἰδεῖν πάθος ἀνθρώποις,
ὦ δεινότατον πάντων ὅσʼ ἐγὼ
προσέκυρσʼ ἤδη. τίς σʼ, ὦ τλῆμον,
1300
προσέβη μανία; τίς ὁ πηδήσας
μείζονα δαίμων τῶν μακίστων
πρὸς σῇ δυσδαίμονι μοίρᾳ;
φεῦ φεῦ, δύστανʼ·
ἀλλʼ οὐδʼ ἐσιδεῖν δύναμαί σε, θέλων
1305
πόλλʼ ἀνερέσθαι, πολλὰ πυθέσθαι,
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