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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ῥῖψόν με γῆς ἐκ τῆσδʼ ὅσον τάχισθʼ, ὅπου
θνητῶν φανοῦμαι μηδενὸς προσήγορος.
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Κρέων
ἔδρασʼ ἂν εὖ τοῦτʼ ἴσθʼ ἄν, εἰ μὴ τοῦ θεοῦ
πρώτιστʼ ἔχρῃζον ἐκμαθεῖν τί πρακτέαν.
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Οἰδίπους
1440
ἀλλʼ ἥ γʼ ἐκείνου πᾶσʼ ἐδηλώθη φάτις,
τὸν πατροφόντην, τὸν ἀσεβῆ μʼ ἀπολλύναι.
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Κρέων
οὕτως ἐλέχθη ταῦθʼ· ὅμως δʼ ἵνʼ ἕσταμεν
χρείας, ἄμεινον ἐκμαθεῖν τι δραστέον.
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Οἰδίπους
οὕτως ἄρʼ ἀνδρὸς ἀθλίου πεύσεσθʼ ὕπερ;
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Κρέων
1445
καὶ γὰρ σὺ νῦν τἂν τῷ θεῷ πίστιν φέροις.
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Οἰδίπους
καὶ σοί γʼ ἐπισκήπτω τε καὶ προστέψομαι,
τῆς μὲν κατʼ οἴκους αὐτὸς ὃν θέλεις τάφον
θοῦ· καὶ γὰρ ὀρθῶς τῶν γε σῶν τελεῖς ὕπερ·
ἐμοῦ δὲ μήποτʼ ἀξιωθήτω τόδε
1450
πατρῷον ἄστυ ζῶντος οἰκητοῦ τυχεῖν,
ἀλλʼ ἔα με ναίειν ὄρεσιν, ἔνθα κλῄζεται
οὑμὸς Κιθαιρὼν οὗτος, ὃν μήτηρ τέ μοι
πατήρ τʼ ἐθέσθην ζῶντε κύριον τάφον,
ἵνʼ ἐξ ἐκείνων, οἵ μʼ ἀπωλλύτην, θάνω.
1455
καίτοι τοσοῦτόν γʼ οἶδα, μήτε μʼ ἂν νόσον
μήτʼ ἄλλο πέρσαι μηδέν· οὐ γὰρ ἄν ποτε
θνῄσκων ἐσώθην, μὴ ʼπί τῳ δεινῷ κακῷ.
ἀλλʼ ἡ μὲν ἡμῶν μοῖρʼ, ὅποιπερ εἶσʼ, ἴτω·
παίδων δὲ τῶν μὲν ἀρσένων μή μοι, Κρέων,
1460
προσθῇ μέριμναν· ἄνδρες εἰσίν, ὥστε μὴ
σπάνιν ποτὲ σχεῖν, ἔνθʼ ἂν ὦσι, τοῦ βίου·
ταῖν δʼ ἀθλίαιν οἰκτραῖν τε παρθένοιν ἐμαῖν,
αἷν οὔποθʼ ἡμὴ χωρὶς ἐστάθη βορᾶς
τράπεζʼ ἄνευ τοῦδʼ ἀνδρός, ἀλλʼ ὅσων ἐγὼ
1465
ψαύοιμι, πάντων τῶνδʼ ἀεὶ μετειχέτην·
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