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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τί γὰρ κακῶν ἄπεστι; τὸν πατέρα πατὴρ
ὑμῶν ἔπεφνε· τὴν τεκοῦσαν ἤροσεν,
ὅθεν περ αὐτὸς ἐσπάρη, κἀκ τῶν ἴσων
ἐκτήσαθʼ ὑμᾶς, ὧνπερ αὐτὸς ἐξέφυ.
1500
τοιαῦτʼ ὀνειδιεῖσθε· κᾆτα τίς γαμεῖ;
οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδείς, ὦ τέκνʼ, ἀλλὰ δηλαδὴ
χέρσους φθαρῆναι κἀγάμους ὑμᾶς χρεών.
ὦ παῖ Μενοικέως, ἀλλʼ ἐπεὶ μόνος πατὴρ
ταύταιν λέλειψαι, νὼ γάρ, ὣ ʼφυτεύσαμεν,
1505
ὀλώλαμεν δύʼ ὄντε, μή σφε περιίδῃς
πτωχὰς ἀνάνδρους ἐκγενεῖς ἀλωμένας,
μηδʼ ἐξισώσῃς τάσδε τοῖς ἐμοῖς κακοῖς.
ἀλλʼ οἴκτισόν σφας, ὧδε τηλικάσδʼ ὁρῶν
πάντων ἐρήμους, πλὴν ὅσον τὸ σὸν μέρος.
1510
ξύννευσον, ὦ γενναῖε, σῇ ψαύσας χερί.
πόλλʼ ἂν παρῄνουν· νῦν δὲ τοῦτʼ εὔχεσθέ μοι,
οὗ καιρὸς ἐᾷ ζῆν, τοῦ βίου δὲ λῴονος
ὑμᾶς κυρῆσαι τοῦ φυτεύσαντος πατρός.
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Κρέων
1515
ἅλις ἵνʼ ἐξήκεις δακρύων· ἀλλʼ ἴθι στέγης ἔσω.
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Οἰδίπους
πειστέον, κεἰ μηδὲν ἡδύ.
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Κρέων
πάντα γὰρ καιρῷ καλά.
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Οἰδίπους
οἶσθʼ ἐφʼ οἷς οὖν εἶμι;
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Κρέων
λέξεις, καὶ τότʼ εἴσομαι κλύων.
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Οἰδίπους
γῆς μʼ ὅπως πέμψεις ἄποικον.
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Κρέων
τοῦ θεοῦ μʼ αἰτεῖς δόσιν.
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Οἰδίπους
ἀλλὰ θεοῖς γʼ ἔχθιστος ἥκω.
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Κρέων
τοιγαροῦν τεύξει τάχα.
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Οἰδίπους
1520
φῂς τάδʼ οὖν;
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Κρέων
ἃ μὴ φρονῶ γὰρ οὐ φιλῶ λέγειν μάτην.
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Οἰδίπους
ἄπαγέ νύν μʼ ἐντεῦθεν ἤδη.
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