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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θυμοῦ διʼ ὀργῆς ἥτις ἀγριωτάτη.
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καὶ μὴν παρήσω γʼ οὐδέν, ὡς ὀργῆς ἔχω,
ἅπερ ξυνίημʼ· ἴσθι γὰρ δοκῶν ἐμοὶ
καὶ ξυμφυτεῦσαι τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι θʼ, ὅσον
μὴ χερσὶ καίνων· εἰ δʼ ἐτύγχανες βλέπων,
καὶ τοὔργον ἂν σοῦ τοῦτʼ, ἔφην εἶναι μόνου.
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ἄληθες; ἐννέπω σὲ τῷ κηρύγματι
ᾧπερ προεῖπας ἐμμένειν, κἀφʼ ἡμέρας
τῆς νῦν προσαυδᾶν μήτε τούσδε μήτʼ ἐμέ,
ὡς ὄντι γῆς τῆσδʼ ἀνοσίῳ μιάστορι.
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οὕτως ἀναιδῶς ἐξεκίνησας τόδε
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τὸ ῥῆμα; καὶ ποῦ τοῦτο φεύξεσθαι δοκεῖς;
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πέφευγα· τἀληθὲς γὰρ ἰσχῦον τρέφω.
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πρὸς τοῦ διδαχθείς; οὐ γὰρ ἔκ γε τῆς τέχνης.
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πρὸς σοῦ· σὺ γάρ μʼ ἄκοντα προυτρέψω λέγειν.
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ποῖον λόγον; λέγʼ αὖθις, ὡς μᾶλλον μάθω.
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οὐχὶ ξυνῆκας πρόσθεν; ἢ ʼκπειρᾷ λέγων;
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οὐχ ὥστε γʼ εἰπεῖν γνωστόν· ἀλλʼ αὖθις φράσον.
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φονέα σε φημὶ τἀνδρὸς οὗ ζητεῖς κυρεῖν.
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ἀλλʼ οὔ τι χαίρων δίς γε πημονὰς ἐρεῖς.
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εἴπω τι δῆτα κἄλλʼ, ἵνʼ ὀργίζῃ πλέον;
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ὅσον γε χρῄζεις· ὡς μάτην εἰρήσεται.
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λεληθέναι σε φημὶ σὺν τοῖς φιλτάτοις
αἴσχισθʼ ὁμιλοῦντʼ, οὐδʼ ὁρᾶν ἵνʼ εἶ κακοῦ.
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ἦ καὶ γεγηθὼς ταῦτʼ ἀεὶ λέξειν δοκεῖς;
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εἴπερ τί γʼ ἐστὶ τῆς ἀληθείας σθένος.
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ἀλλʼ ἔστι, πλὴν σοί· σοὶ δὲ τοῦτʼ οὐκ ἔστʼ ἐπεὶ
τυφλὸς τά τʼ ὦτα τόν τε νοῦν τά τʼ ὄμματʼ εἶ.
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σὺ δʼ ἄθλιός γε ταῦτʼ ὀνειδίζων, ἃ σοὶ
οὐδεὶς ὃς οὐχὶ τῶνδʼ ὀνειδιεῖ τάχα.
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