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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πατέρας, ἀδελφούς, παῖδας, αἷμʼ ἐμφύλιον,
νύμφας, γυναῖκας μητέρας τε, χὠπόσα
αἴσχιστʼ ἐν ἀνθρώποισιν ἔργα γίγνεται.
ἀλλʼ οὐ γὰρ αὐδᾶν ἔσθʼ ἃ μηδὲ δρᾶν καλόν,
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ὅπως τάχιστα πρὸς θεῶν ἔξω μέ που
καλύψατʼ ἢ φονεύσατʼ ἢ θαλάσσιον
ἐκρίψατʼ, ἔνθα μήποτʼ εἰσόψεσθʼ ἔτι.
ἴτʼ, ἀξιώσατʼ ἀνδρὸς ἀθλίου θιγεῖν.
πίθεσθε, μὴ δείσητε· τἀμὰ γὰρ κακὰ
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οὐδεὶς οἷός τε πλὴν ἐμοῦ φέρειν βροτῶν.
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Χορός
ἀλλʼ ὧν ἐπαιτεῖς εἰς δέον πάρεσθʼ ὅδε
Κρέων τὸ πράσσειν καὶ τὸ βουλεύειν, ἐπεὶ
χώρας λέλειπται μοῦνος ἀντὶ σοῦ φύλαξ.
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Οἰδίπους
οἴμοι, τί δῆτα λέξομεν πρὸς τόνδʼ ἔπος;
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τίς μοι φανεῖται πίστις ἔνδικος; τὰ γὰρ
πάρος πρὸς αὐτὸν πάντʼ ἐφεύρημαι κακός.
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Κρέων
οὐχ ὡς γελαστής, Οἰδίπους, ἐλήλυθα,
οὐδʼ ὡς ὀνειδιῶν τι τῶν πάρος κακῶν.
ἀλλʼ εἰ τὰ θνητῶν μὴ καταισχύνεσθʼ ἔτι
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γένεθλα, τὴν γοῦν πάντα βόσκουσαν φλόγα
αἰδεῖσθʼ ἄνακτος Ἡλίου, τοιόνδʼ ἄγος
ἀκάλυπτον οὕτω δεικνύναι, τὸ μήτε γῆ
μήτʼ ὄμβρος ἱερὸς μήτε φῶς προσδέξεται.
ἀλλʼ ὡς τάχιστʼ ἐς οἶκον ἐσκομίζετε·
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τοῖς ἐν γένει γὰρ τἀγγενῆ μάλισθʼ ὁρᾶν
μόνοις τʼ ἀκούειν εὐσεβῶς ἔχει κακά.
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Οἰδίπους
πρὸς θεῶν, ἐπείπερ ἐλπίδος μʼ ἀπέσπασας,
ἄριστος ἐλθὼν πρὸς κάκιστον ἄνδρʼ ἐμέ,
πιθοῦ τί μοι· πρὸς σοῦ γὰρ οὐδʼ ἐμοῦ φράσω.
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Κρέων
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καὶ τοῦ με χρείας ὧδε λιπαρεῖς τυχεῖν;
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