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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ἐν σοὶ γὰρ ἐσμέν· ἄνδρα δʼ ὠφελεῖν ἀφʼ ὧν
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ἔχοι τε καὶ δύναιτο, κάλλιστος πόνων.
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φεῦ φεῦ, φρονεῖν ὡς δεινὸν ἔνθα μὴ τέλη
λύῃ φρονοῦντι· ταῦτα γὰρ καλῶς ἐγὼ
εἰδὼς διώλεσʼ· οὐ γὰρ ἂν δεῦρʼ ἱκόμην.
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τί δʼ ἔστιν; ὡς ἄθυμος εἰσελήλυθας.
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ἄφες μʼ ἐς οἴκους· ῥᾷστα γὰρ τὸ σόν τε σὺ
κἀγὼ διοίσω τοὐμόν, ἢν ἐμοὶ πίθῃ.
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οὔτʼ ἔννομʼ εἶπας οὔτε προσφιλῆ πόλει
τῇδʼ, ἥ σʼ ἔθρεψε, τήνδʼ ἀποστερῶν φάτιν.
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ὁρῶ γὰρ οὐδὲ σοὶ τὸ σὸν φώνημʼ ἰὸν
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πρὸς καιρόν· ὡς οὖν μηδʼ ἐγὼ ταὐτὸν πάθω—
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μὴ πρὸς θεῶν φρονῶν γʼ ἀποστραφῇς, ἐπεὶ
πάντες σε προσκυνοῦμεν οἵδʼ ἱκτήριοι.
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πάντες γὰρ οὐ φρονεῖτʼ· ἐγὼ δʼ οὐ μή ποτε
τἄμʼ, ὡς ἂν εἴπω μὴ τὰ σʼ, ἐκφήνω κακά.
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Οἰδίπους
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τί φής; ξυνειδὼς οὐ φράσεις, ἀλλʼ ἐννοεῖς
ἡμᾶς προδοῦναι καὶ καταφθεῖραι πόλιν;
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ἐγὼ οὔτʼ ἐμαυτὸν οὔτε σʼ ἀλγυνῶ. τί ταῦτʼ
ἄλλως ἐλέγχεις; οὐ γὰρ ἂν πύθοιό μου.
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οὐκ, ὦ κακῶν κάκιστε, καὶ γὰρ ἂν πέτρου
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φύσιν σύ γʼ ὀργάνειας, ἐξερεῖς ποτε,
ἀλλʼ ὧδʼ ἄτεγκτος κἀτελεύτητος φανεῖ;
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ὀργὴν ἐμέμψω τὴν ἐμήν, τὴν σὴν δʼ ὁμοῦ
ναίουσαν οὐ κατεῖδες, ἀλλʼ ἐμὲ ψέγεις.
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τίς γὰρ τοιαῦτʼ ἂν οὐκ ἂν ὀργίζοιτʼ ἔπη
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κλύων, ἃ νῦν σὺ τήνδʼ ἀτιμάζεις πόλιν;
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ἥξει γὰρ αὐτά, κἂν ἐγὼ σιγῇ στέγω.
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οὐκοῦν ἅ γʼ ἥξει καὶ σὲ χρὴ λέγειν ἐμοί.
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οὐκ ἂν πέρα φράσαιμι. πρὸς τάδʼ, εἰ θέλεις,
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