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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μιᾶς τρέφει πρὸς νυκτός, ὥστε μήτʼ ἐμὲ
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μήτʼ ἄλλον, ὅστις φῶς ὁρᾷ, βλάψαι ποτʼ ἄν.
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Τειρεσίας
οὐ γάρ σε μοῖρα πρός γʼ ἐμοῦ πεσεῖν, ἐπεὶ
ἱκανὸς Ἀπόλλων, ᾧ τάδʼ ἐκπρᾶξαι μέλει.
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Οἰδίπους
Κρέοντος ἢ σοῦ ταῦτα τἀξευρήματα;
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Τειρεσίας
Κρέων δέ σοι πῆμʼ οὐδέν, ἀλλʼ αὐτὸς σὺ σοί.
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Οἰδίπους
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ὦ πλοῦτε καὶ τυραννὶ καὶ τέχνη τέχνης
ὑπερφέρουσα τῷ πολυζήλῳ βίῳ,
ὅσος παρʼ ὑμῖν ὁ φθόνος φυλάσσεται,
εἰ τῆσδέ γʼ ἀρχῆς οὕνεχʼ, ἣν ἐμοὶ πόλις
δωρητόν, οὐκ αἰτητόν, εἰσεχείρισεν,
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ταύτης Κρέων ὁ πιστός, οὑξ ἀρχῆς φίλος,
λάθρᾳ μʼ ὑπελθὼν ἐκβαλεῖν ἱμείρεται,
ὑφεὶς μάγον τοιόνδε μηχανορράφον,
δόλιον ἀγύρτην, ὅστις ἐν τοῖς κέρδεσιν
μόνον δέδορκε, τὴν τέχνην δʼ ἔφυ τυφλός.
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ἐπεί, φέρʼ εἰπέ, ποῦ σὺ μάντις εἶ σαφής;
πῶς οὐκ, ὅθʼ ἡ ῥαψῳδὸς ἐνθάδʼ ἦν κύων,
ηὔδας τι τοῖσδʼ ἀστοῖσιν ἐκλυτήριον;
καίτοι τό γʼ αἴνιγμʼ οὐχὶ τοὐπιόντος ἦν
ἀνδρὸς διειπεῖν, ἀλλὰ μαντείας ἔδει·
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ἣν οὔτʼ ἀπʼ οἰωνῶν σὺ προυφάνης ἔχων
οὔτʼ ἐκ θεῶν του γνωτόν· ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ μολών,
ὁ μηδὲν εἰδὼς Οἰδίπους, ἔπαυσά νιν,
γνώμῃ κυρήσας οὐδʼ ἀπʼ, οἰωνῶν μαθών·
ὃν δὴ σὺ πειρᾷς ἐκβαλεῖν, δοκῶν θρόνοις
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παραστατήσειν τοῖς Κρεοντείοις πέλας.
κλαίων δοκεῖς μοι καὶ σὺ χὠ συνθεὶς τάδε
ἀγηλατήσειν· εἰ δὲ μὴ ʼδόκεις γέρων
εἶναι, παθὼν ἔγνως ἂν οἷά περ φρονεῖς.
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