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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πολλὰ δʼ ἀθρῆσαι·
τοίαν φρίκην παρέχεις μοι.
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Οἰδίπους
αἰαῖ αἰαῖ, δύστανος ἐγώ,
ποῖ γᾶς φέρομαι τλάμων; πᾷ μοι
1310
φθογγὰ διαπωτᾶται φοράδην;
ἰὼ δαῖμον, ἵνʼ ἐξήλλου.
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Χορός
ἐς δεινὸν οὐδʼ ἀκουστὸν οὐδʼ ἐπόψιμον.
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Οἰδίπους
ἰὼ σκότου
νέφος ἐμὸν ἀπότροπον, ἐπιπλόμενον ἄφατον,
1315
ἀδάματόν τε καὶ δυσούριστον ὄν.
οἴμοι,
οἴμοι μάλʼ αὖθις· οἷον εἰσέδυ μʼ ἅμα
κέντρων τε τῶνδʼ οἴστρημα καὶ μνήμη κακῶν.
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Χορός
καὶ θαῦμά γʼ οὐδὲν ἐν τοσοῖσδε πήμασιν
1320
διπλᾶ σε πενθεῖν καὶ διπλᾶ φορεῖν κακά.
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Οἰδίπους
ἰὼ φίλος,
σὺ μὲν ἐμὸς ἐπίπολος ἔτι μόνιμος· ἔτι γὰρ
ὑπομένεις με τὸν τυφλὸν κηδεύων.
φεῦ φεῦ.
1325
οὐ γάρ με λήθεις, ἀλλὰ γιγνώσκω σαφῶς,
καίπερ σκοτεινός, τήν γε σὴν αὐδὴν ὅμως.
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Χορός
ὦ δεινὰ δράσας, πῶς ἔτλης τοιαῦτα σὰς
ὄψεις μαρᾶναι; τίς σʼ ἐπῆρε δαιμόνων;
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Οἰδίπους
Ἀπόλλων τάδʼ ἦν, Ἀπόλλων, φίλοι,
1330
ὁ κακὰ κακὰ τελῶν ἐμὰ τάδʼ ἐμὰ πάθεα.
ἔπαισε δʼ αὐτόχειρ νιν οὔτις, ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ τλάμων.
τί γὰρ ἔδει μʼ ὁρᾶν,
1335
ὅτῳ γʼ ὁρῶντι μηδὲν ἦν ἰδεῖν γλυκύ;
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Χορός
ἦν τᾷδʼ ὅπωσπερ καὶ σύ φῄς.
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Οἰδίπους
τί δῆτʼ ἐμοὶ βλεπτὸν ἢ
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