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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στερκτὸν ἢ προσήγορον
ἔτʼ ἔστʼ ἀκούειν ἡδονᾷ φίλοι;
1340
ἀπάγετʼ ἐκτόπιον ὅ τι τάχιστά με,
ἀπάγετʼ, ὦ φίλοι, τὸν μέγʼ ὀλέθριον
τὸν καταρατότατον, ἔτι δὲ καὶ θεοῖς
1345
ἐχθρότατον βροτῶν.
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Χορός
δείλαιε τοῦ νοῦ τῆς τε συμφορᾶς ἴσον,
ὡς σʼ ἠθέλησα μηδέ γʼ ἂν γνῶναί ποτε.
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Οἰδίπους
ὄλοιθʼ ὅστις ἦν, ὃς ἀγρίας πέδας
1350
μονάδʼ ἐπιποδίας ἔλυσʼ μʼ ἀπό τε φόνου
ἔρυτο κἀνέσωσεν, οὐδὲν εἰς χάριν πράσσων.
τότε γὰρ ἂν θανὼν
1355
οὐκ ἦ φίλοισιν οὐδʼ ἐμοὶ τοσόνδʼ ἄχος.
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Χορός
θέλοντι κἀμοὶ τοῦτʼ ἂν ἦν.
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Οἰδίπους
οὔκουν πατρός γʼ ἂν φονεὺς
ἦλθον οὐδὲ νυμφίος
βροτοῖς ἐκλήθην ὧν ἔφυν ἄπο.
1360
νῦν δʼ ἄθεος μέν εἰμʼ, ἀνοσίων δὲ παῖς,
ὁμολεχὴς δʼ ἀφʼ ὧν αὐτὸς ἔφυν τάλας.
1365
εἰ δέ τι πρεσβύτερον ἔτι κακοῦ κακόν,
τοῦτʼ ἔλαχʼ Οἰδίπους.
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Χορός
οὐκ οἶδʼ ὅπως σε φῶ βεβουλεῦσθαι καλῶς·
κρείσσων γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτʼ ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός.
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Οἰδίπους
ὡς μὲν τάδʼ οὐχ ὧδʼ ἔστʼ ἄριστʼ εἰργασμένα,
1370
μή μʼ ἐκδίδασκε, μηδὲ συμβούλευʼ ἔτι.
ἐγὼ γὰρ οὐκ οἶδʼ ὄμμασιν ποίοις βλέπων
πατέρα ποτʼ ἂν προσεῖδον εἰς Ἅιδου μολὼν
οὐδʼ αὖ τάλαιναν μητέρʼ, οἷν ἐμοὶ δυοῖν
ἔργʼ ἐστὶ κρείσσονʼ ἀγχόνης εἰργασμένα.
1375
ἀλλʼ ἡ τέκνων δῆτʼ ὄψις ἦν ἐφίμερος,
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