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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βλαστοῦσʼ ὅπως ἔβλαστε, προσλεύσσειν ἐμοί;
οὐ δῆτα τοῖς γʼ ἐμοῖσιν ὀφθαλμοῖς ποτε·
οὐδʼ ἄστυ γʼ οὐδὲ πύργος οὐδὲ δαιμόνων
ἀγάλμαθʼ ἱερά, τῶν ὁ παντλήμων ἐγὼ
1380
κάλλιστʼ ἀνὴρ εἷς ἔν γε ταῖς Θήβαις τραφεὶς
ἀπεστέρησʼ ἐμαυτόν, αὐτὸς ἐννέπων
ὠθεῖν ἅπαντας τὸν ἀσεβῆ, τὸν ἐκ θεῶν
φανέντʼ ἄναγνον καὶ γένους τοῦ Λαΐου.
τοιάνδʼ ἐγὼ κηλῖδα μηνύσας ἐμὴν
1385
ὀρθοῖς ἔμελλον ὄμμασιν τούτους ὁρᾶν;
ἥκιστά γʼ· ἀλλʼ εἰ τῆς ἀκουούσης ἔτʼ ἦν
πηγῆς διʼ ὤτων φραγμός, οὐκ ἂν ἐσχόμην
τὸ μὴ ἀποκλῇσαι τοὐμὸν ἄθλιον δέμας,
ἵνʼ ἦ τυφλός τε καὶ κλύων μηδέν· τὸ γὰρ
1390
τὴν φροντίδʼ ἔξω τῶν κακῶν οἰκεῖν γλυκύ.
ἰὼ Κιθαιρών, τί μʼ ἐδέχου; τί μʼ οὐ λαβὼν
ἔκτεινας εὐθύς, ὡς ἔδειξα μήποτε
ἐμαυτὸν ἀνθρώποισιν ἔνθεν ἦ γεγώς;
ὦ Πόλυβε καὶ Κόρινθε καὶ τὰ πάτρια
1395
λόγῳ παλαιὰ δώμαθʼ, οἷον ἆρά με
κάλλος κακῶν ὕπουλον ἐξεθρέψατε·
νῦν γὰρ κακός τʼ ὢν κἀκ κακῶν εὑρίσκομαι.
ὦ τρεῖς κέλευθοι καὶ κεκρυμμένη νάπη
δρυμός τε καὶ στενωπὸς ἐν τριπλαῖς ὁδοῖς,
1400
αἳ τοὐμὸν αἷμα τῶν ἐμῶν χειρῶν ἄπο
ἐπίετε πατρός, ἆρά μου μέμνησθʼ ἔτι
οἷʼ ἔργα δράσας ὑμὶν εἶτα δεῦρʼ ἰὼν
ὁποῖʼ ἔπρασσον αὖθις; ᾧ γάμοι γάμοι,
ἐφύσαθʼ ἡμᾶς, καὶ φυτεύσαντες πάλιν
1405
ἀνεῖτε ταὐτοῦ σπέρμα, κἀπεδείξατε
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