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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ἡμῖν μὲν εἰκάζουσι καὶ τὰ τοῦδʼ ἔπη
405
ὀργῇ λελέχθαι καὶ τά σʼ, Οἰδίπους, δοκεῖ,
δεῖ δʼ οὐ τοιούτων, ἀλλʼ ὅπως τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ
μαντεῖʼ ἄριστα λύσομεν, τόδε σκοπεῖν.
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εἰ καὶ τυραννεῖς, ἐξισωτέον τὸ γοῦν
ἴσʼ ἀντιλέξαι· τοῦδε γὰρ κἀγὼ κρατῶ.
410
οὐ γάρ τι σοὶ ζῶ δοῦλος, ἀλλὰ Λοξίᾳ·
ὥστʼ οὐ Κρέοντος προστάτου γεγράψομαι.
λέγω δʼ, ἐπειδὴ καὶ τυφλόν μʼ ὠνείδισας·
σὺ καὶ δέδορκας κοὐ βλέπεις ἵνʼ εἶ κακοῦ,
οὐδʼ ἔνθα ναίεις, οὐδʼ ὅτων οἰκεῖς μέτα.
415
ἆρʼ οἶσθʼ ἀφʼ ὧν εἶ; καὶ λέληθας ἐχθρὸς ὢν
τοῖς σοῖσιν αὐτοῦ νέρθε κἀπὶ γῆς ἄνω,
καί σʼ ἀμφιπλὴξ μητρός τε καὶ τοῦ σοῦ πατρὸς
ἐλᾷ ποτʼ ἐκ γῆς τῆσδε δεινόπους ἀρά,
βλέποντα νῦν μὲν ὄρθʼ, ἔπειτα δὲ σκότον.
420
βοῆς δὲ τῆς σῆς ποῖος οὐκ ἔσται λιμήν,
ποῖος Κιθαιρὼν οὐχὶ σύμφωνος τάχα,
ὅταν καταίσθῃ τὸν ὑμέναιον, ὃν δόμοις
ἄνορμον εἰσέπλευσας, εὐπλοίας τυχών;
ἄλλων δὲ πλῆθος οὐκ ἐπαισθάνει κακῶν,
425
ἅ σʼ ἐξισώσει σοί τε καὶ τοῖς σοῖς τέκνοις.
πρὸς ταῦτα καὶ Κρέοντα καὶ τοὐμὸν στόμα
προπηλάκιζε· σοῦ γὰρ οὐκ ἔστιν βροτῶν
κάκιον ὅστις ἐκτριβήσεταί ποτε.
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Οἰδίπους
ἦ ταῦτα δῆτʼ ἀνεκτὰ πρὸς τούτου κλύειν;
430
οὐκ εἰς ὄλεθρον; οὐχὶ θᾶσσον; οὐ πάλιν
ἄψορρος οἴκων τῶνδʼ ἀποστραφεὶς ἄπει;
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Τειρεσίας
οὐδʼ ἱκόμην ἔγωγʼ ἄν, εἰ σὺ μὴ ʼκάλεις.
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Οἰδίπους
οὐ γάρ τί σʼ ᾔδη μῶρα φωνήσοντʼ, ἐπεὶ
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