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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στεῖχέ νυν, τέκνων δʼ ἀφοῦ.
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Οἰδίπους
μηδαμῶς ταύτας γʼ ἕλῃ μου.
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Κρέων
πάντα μὴ βούλου κρατεῖν·
καὶ γὰρ ἁκράτησας οὔ σοι τῷ βίῳ ξυνέσπετο.
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Χορός
ὦ πάτρας Θήβης ἔνοικοι, λεύσσετʼ, Οἰδίπους ὅδε,
1525
ὃς τὰ κλείνʼ αἰνίγματʼ ᾔδει καὶ κράτιστος ἦν ἀνήρ,
οὗ τίς οὐ ζήλῳ πολιτῶν ἦν τύχαις ἐπιβλέπων,
εἰς ὅσον κλύδωνα δεινῆς συμφορᾶς ἐλήλυθεν.
ὥστε θνητὸν ὄντα κείνην τὴν τελευταίαν ἰδεῖν
ἡμέραν ἐπισκοποῦντα μηδένʼ ὀλβίζειν, πρὶν ἂν
1530
τέρμα τοῦ βίου περάσῃ μηδὲν ἀλγεινὸν παθών.
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